A southern state in Mexico known for its Caribbean beaches and its ancient pyramids is seeing a dramatic rise in the sex trade involving young children.
Government officials appear to be doing little to address the issue.reported. In their article, the news outlet quoted Maria Ocana Dorantes, the head of a non-governmental organization called Casa Crisal which acts as a rescue shelter for abused children.
In some cases, a child is brought into sexual slavery for as little as $30,000 pesos or $1,500, the activist claimed. So far in 2023, Casa Crisal had helped three victims of sex trafficking. In 2022, her group dealt with 19 cases where one of the victims was as young as eight months old. The most recent case in Yucatan took place last month when the state’s attorney general’s office arrested 34-year-old Sofia Nidia “P” on sexual exploitation charges for prostituting multiple girls including her 13-year-old daughter at a motel in Yucatan.
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