Karla Jacinto is one of many women who have had the misfortune to be part of a trafficking grutpo, where she was forced into prostitution when she was just a girl of 13 years.
Many years later managed to escape from that life, and now his story is heard by the world, and also released a battle to defend the young people who are forced into prostitution.
The following is the full story published by The Confidential:
"He loved me, bought me clothes, gave me attention, I brought shoes, flowers, chocolates, everything was beautiful." Karla recalls Jacinto world full of pampering that a 22-year-ten years older than she turned into a living hell. Although from very small he was sexually abused by a family, with only five years and was a victim of these maltratos-, he thought his life changed after having met this guy: he gave candy and insisted to go up in his magnificent car. Karla, driven by the bad relationship he had with mother agreed.
During the first few weeks everything was fine. However, gradually the young man began to leave her alone in his apartment long seasons, and when the Mexican asked the reason for his absence he confessed that was dedicated to pimping. "A few days later I started to say all he had to do: the postures, the things that had to do with customers and for how long, how to treat them and how he had to tell them to give me more money," says Karla for CNN.
It was only the beginning of four years of nightmare. According to one estimate, the girl was raped a total of 43,200 times. She was taken to one of the largest cities in Mexico -Guadalajara- and forced into prostitution seven days a week with a minimum quota established by 30 customers. So, for four years. No days off. Nothing holidays. Zero freedom. "I started at 10 am and ended at midnight. We were in Guadalajara for a week. Hagan accounts. Twenty per day, for a week. Some men used to laugh at me because I was crying. I had to close my eyes to see what they were doing me and not feel anything, "Karla recalls.
Also enforced by police
A glimmer of hope appeared in his life when, one day, the police raided a known for his work with hotel prostitution. The agents threw all customers and closed the establishment, so that both Karla like other girls who were with her believed their hell was over. Nothing could be further from the truth: the police put them in different rooms forcing them to perform different positions while videotaped and threatened to send the images to their families if they did what they wanted.
"I thought it was disgusting. They knew they were children. We were not even developed. We had sad faces. Some girls just had 10 years. There were girls who were crying. They told the agents who were minors and no one paid attention, "says Karla, who was then 13 years. Two years later, Karla was mother. The father of her daughter-a proxeneta- baby used to intimidate further: if he failed his orders to kill her. Shortly he had to enjoy motherhood, because the pimp took the girl when she was one month and not see her again until the following year.
Human Rights Advocate
In 2006, Karla ordeal finally came to an end after she was released during an operation against trafficking in women in Mexico City. He was barely 16 years old and had already been the victim of cruel and unacceptable situations. Now 23 years old, Karla uses his terrifying experience to raise awareness of the problem of forced prostitution and tells his story in events and conferences. Pope Francis himself was with her at the Vatican last July, and the US Congress had the opportunity to hear in May.
"These children are being abducted and lured away from their families. Do not just listen to me. They need to learn from what happened to me and removed the blindfold, "Karla said. His testimony was used as a sample for the known as Megan's Law, which requires US authorities to make public information available about registered sex offenders. These data are usually disseminated through government websites of each state, in newspapers and other media.
With information from El Confidencial.