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Raid here ends girl's captivity as a sex slave
Rat bastards. Flogging followed by hanging is the proper punishment.
She is known in federal court documents only as "S.M.C." At the age of 13, they say, she was smuggled into the U.S. from Oaxaca, Mexico, the first leg of a horrific journey that led her to a Harding Place area apartment. There she was beaten, raped and forced into a life of prostitution — an ordeal requiring her to have sex with as many as 40 men a day.

This week federal authorities said they arrested two people and charged them with the sex trafficking of children. Juan Mendez and Cristina Andres Perfecto, both of Nashville, were named Thursday in a complaint filed in federal court in Memphis.

Federal officials in Memphis, who began the investigation, and Metro police, who assisted in a raid at the Harding Place area apartment last week, said it is the first case to their knowledge involving children smuggled into the country to be forced into the sex trade. "Obviously, we're concerned about it, and it's certainly our intention to keep this investigation going," said Lee Anne Jordon, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Memphis.

Investigators will be as aggressive as possible to stop the trafficking, Jordon said. Federal authorities said it's too early to tell how large the ring was or whether all perpetrators have been found.

Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-13
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