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Date: Wed, 4 Mar 98 09:19:22 CST
From: rich%pencil@interbit.cren.net (Rich Winkel)
Organization: PACH
Subject: HONDURAN GIRLS TRAFFICKED INTERNATIONALLY
Article: 29272
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/** reg.honduras: 162.0 **/
** Topic: HONDURAN GIRLS TRAFFICKED INTERNATIONALLY **
** Written 1:50 PM Mar 3, 1998 by bruce@casa-alianza.org in cdp:reg.honduras

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More Honduran girls prostituted

Tiempos del Mundo (Argentina), Reuters, 28 February 1998

An official of Interpol announced that young Honduran girls are being trafficked and sold to brothels in Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico by organised groups that operate in central America.

"We have reports of young girls being taken to Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico", the chief of Interpol in Honduras, Danilo Orellana informed the press.

The Official attributed this traffic to the frequent number of disappearances of girls between 13 and 14 years old from the Honduran cities of Tegucigalpa, San pedro Sula and El Progreso.

"There are people who are dedicated to this illicit activity. In this case they are taking the girls to other countries", stated Orellana, who revelaed that he is contact with the police in El Salvador and Guatemala.

"We are coordinating with the authorities of El Salvador and Guatemala and we hope to capture these groups. The number of 13 and 14 year old girls disappearing is ever increasing", he commented.

The official explianed that the traffickers persuade young girls and teenagers to go by offering them a good job or scholarships for studies, "and when they arrive to those countries, they sell them to a brothel".


Mas ninas hondurenas prostituidas

Un oficial de la Policia InterPol denuncio que ninas hondurenas son traficadas y vendidas en prostibulos de Guatemala, El Salvador y Mexico, por bandas que operan en America Central.

"Tenemos informes sobre menores hondurenas que estan siendo llevadas para El Salvador, Guatemala y Mexico", dijo a la prensa el jefe de la Interpol en Honduras, capitan Danilo Orellana.

El oficial atribuyo a este trafico la denuncia frecuente de desaparicion de menores de entre 13 y 14 anos en ciudades hondurenas como Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula y El Progreso.

"Hay personas que se dedican a esta ilicita actividad. En este caso se las estan llevando para otros paises", dijo Orellana, quien revelo que se encuentra en contacto con las policias de El Salvador y Guatemala.

"Estamos coordinando con las autoridades de Guatemala y El Salvador, y esperamos capturar estas bandas. Cada vez es mas numerosa la cantidad de ninas de entre 13 y 14 anos que desaparecen", comento.

Explico que los "traficantes" persuaden a las ninas y muchachas" ofreciendoles un trabajo bien remunerado o becas de estudio, y "cuando llegan a los paises las venden a prostibulos".


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