2023-05-04 01:58:25
Seven women, one of them with disabilities, were rescued on Wednesday night during raids carried out in three towns in the province of Santa Cruz, ordered by a federal court, in the framework of a case in which “an accused is being investigated and to his family environment for the alleged crime of human trafficking”, reported judicial sources.
The Argentine Federal Police, Río Gallegos delegation, carried out simultaneous raids on Wednesday night at the homes of the four suspects, located in the towns of Río Turbio, 28 de Noviembre and Río Gallegos, in the province of Santa Cruz, reported sources from the Federal Prosecutor of Río Gallegos.
The operation requested by the prosecutor’s office was authorized by the Federal Court of Rio Gallegos, in charge of Judge Marcelo Vázquez, who ordered this Wednesday the search and search of the homes occupied or frequented by the suspects.
Likewise, it ordered the kidnapping of those elements that are of interest for the present investigation, added the information.
The intervention was carried out through the Rescue Program of the National Ministry of Justice, the sources added.
During the procedures in the different homes, seven women were rescued, one of them with a disability.
Although the investigation began as a result of a complaint made regarding the sexual services of different women, who were promoted through different virtual platforms, the prosecutor’s office became aware of a second complaint filed through a call to line 145, in which It was exposed that those investigated intervened in the making of publications with the same content and the same purpose, which was presented in the case of the first complaint, the sources consulted specified.
In this sense, intelligence tasks were entrusted to the Trafficking in Persons Division of the Police of the Province of Santa Cruz, which corroborated that the user of the social network was employed as a “window” to offer the sexual services of different women, who alternated between different towns in the region to carry out the promoted meetings.
Then, another complaint was added, also through line 145, from which it emerged that this same person would be dedicated to recruiting women from the Province of Buenos Aires, to whom he would offer work in this capital city, where he would sexually exploit them. , rotating them through different locations in the province (Río Gallegos, Rio Turbio and nearby places), being housed in private apartments.
There, the personnel of the Argentine Federal Police, Río Gallegos Delegation, intervened in the investigation, the statement of the Prosecutor’s Office abounded.
Likewise, thanks to the intervention and collaboration of the Prosecutor’s Office for Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons (Protex) and the Committee to Combat Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons, it was verified that a complainant stated that she was a “sex worker” and that she had been transferred towards Rio Turbio by the same person, who forced several women into prostitution.
In addition, he added that there would be a high turnover of women, who had to pay a sum of money -sometimes with sex- to the defendant, for his protection, accommodation and transportation.
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