In a Mexican Town That 'Raises Pimps,' Human Trafficking Activists Vow to Fight Rafael Romo - CNN
go to original November 10, 2015

Once a victim caught in Mexico's sex trade, one woman shares how she is trying to save other young women. CNN's Rafael Romo reports. (CNN)

A young girl, subjected to the horrors of sex trafficking at just 12 years old, shared her harrowing account of struggle and survival.

Life for Karla Jacinto wasn't a fairy tale in Mexico, but at 12 she thought she'd met Prince Charming.

"He bought me clothes and shoes and told me, 'You're going to be my princess,'" said Jacinto, now a human trafficking activist.

Her new boyfriend was older and from a faraway village called Tenancingo. After three months, the relationship changed and the scam revealed.

...Jacinto said she was forced to prostitute for four years with never a day off. She said her pimp trafficked her across Mexico, demanding she see at least 30 customers a day and keep a daily log of clients.

By age 16, Jacinto calculated she was raped more than 43,200 times.

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