Captive Daughters

Summary:

This article tells of a young girl, Paola, who was "dragged there from Morelos" by the Salazar brothers of the Mexican state Oaxaca. "There" meaning a house of prostitution. She was rescued from this house of prostitution by Officer Rick Castro who was "moved by her beauty" and "moved even more by the look of terror in her eyes". The Salazar brothers control the largest network of sexual exploitation of Mexican girls. They held their business in San Diego. They haven't just stopped in San Diego; they stretched their human traffic from San Diego to Fresno, Nevada, and New York. As they ship people across the border, they kidnap young girls and ship them as well. No one is able to stop all of them.

Reflection:

This article is really striking. How sad that these young girls' lives have been taken away from them. They are sent into these houses of prostitution to let men have sex with them. But this article does give hope. There are people who are taking this to heart and trying to do something to stop these evil people from kidnapping these young girls and selling their bodies for sex. Not many people can relate to this, so I don't see the point in telling people that don't feel too bad that they need to see a therapist. All I can do is ask you to imagine. Imagine if you were a young girl who just got kidnapped, not sure whether you're going to see your family or friends again. Imagine if you were thrown into a house with other girls such as yourself, forced to wear revealing clothing. Imagine if you then learned that your body is going to be sold to men you don't know for sex. Gruesome isn't it?

Evidence:

• "The first thing that he saw was the destitute brown eyes of a slight girl no older than fourteen, whose hair hung until the middle of her back dressed in a short black mini skirt and a white tee shirt."
• “Julio, Tomás y Luciano Salazar-Juárez are the dons of the largest local network trafficking and sexual exploiting Mexican girls and adolescents, who have operated for over ten years in the agricultural camps and suburbs of San Diego.”
• “In their path, they kidnap, extort, corrupt and violate our national laws and those of the United States, with nobody to stop them.”

Questions:

What can I do to help?
What can I do to protect my daughters and other girls?

Works Sited:

http://www.captivedaughters.org/sandiego-english.htm