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Transnational Trafficking Of 12 Year Old Girl
posted (August 30, 2013)
There is a troubling case of human trafficking and transnational crime to report tonight – and it involves a 12 year old Mexican girl.

Tonight, reports say the 12 year old minor is being deported from Belize back to Mexico after she was found by Belizean authorities in Belizean territory. Reports say that she was found near the border with Guatemala in the company of 2 undocumented Honduran nationals who have both recently been deported from the United Stated and one of them is a known member of the MS-13 gang. Belizean authorities, with the support of the Embassy of Mexico in Belize, are investigating a possible case of human trafficking, because the child is 12 years old, while the two Hondurans are older than 30 years and convinced her to leave her house and come with them from the state of Tabasco, Mexico, through Guatemala to Belize.

Tonight, with the support of the Mexican Embassy, the minor will be transported in the company of staff from the Department of Human Services to the border with Mexico and delivered to Mexican authorities, including the Mexican Child Protection Agency.

The Hondurans men who convinced the minor to escape from her home in Balancán, Tabasco, and travel with them to Belize, are: Raul Villanueva Cardenas, (aka) " Hugo Ramirez Pardons " also known as " Rolando Hernández Jiménez " or " Justin Daniel Jordano Palace " , who is an alleged member of the gang MS-13, and Jose Antonio Paredes. Both were recently deported from the U.S. and have criminal records and were remanded to the Belize Central Prison. The deportation takes place tonight in Chetumal, Quintana Roo.

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