Texas, USA
Rescued immigrants claim kidnapping, rape, torture
Edinburg - Mario Olivares Cifuentes thought he understood the risks of illegally
crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Tales of migrants drowning in the Rio Grande or succumbing to the oppressive
South Texas sun spread frequently among those hoping to make the trek.
But for Olivares, a Guatemalan migrant, the real danger emerged only after
passing those natural perils.
For almost a day, he and 20 of his countrymen [and women] were allegedly
kidnapped, tortured, raped and held for ransom in a stash house east of Edinburg
before federal agents rescued them last week.
Their purported tormentors - a group of Mexican nationals believed to have
abducted the immigrants from another smuggling organization - are set to appear
before a federal judge today...
According to Sanchez' affidavit, the migrants were guided to an Hidalgo stash
house Nov. 24 after crossing the Rio Grande with a group of coyotes.
But within an hour of their arrival, five armed men burst into the building and
abducted them. The men guided the Guatemalans to another location, where they
reportedly turned their weapons on their victims.
The men threatened the immigrants' lives if they could not secure ransoms from
family members in the United States and abroad, the Guatemalans later told
agents.
Olivares reported being tied up overnight and beaten by the men, according to
court filings. Three... women said they were taken into back rooms and raped by
their captors...
Jeremy Roebuck
The Monitor
Dec. 2, 2008
Virginia, USA
Man Pleads Guilty to Rape of Girl, 10
A 32-year-old man pleaded guilty in Prince William Circuit Court on Monday to
raping a 10-year-old girl.
Jose Abel Zelaya-Ascencio, of no fixed address, was charged with raping the girl
at her family’s home in the 7500 block of Alleghany Court on Oct. 22, 2007.
According to court testimony Monday, the girl was awakened at 5:35 a.m. that
morning when Zelaya-Ascencio broke into the house and went into her bedroom.
The girl, who was home alone with her 7-year-old brother, said she tried to get
away, but Zelaya-Ascencio overpowered her and raped her, police said...
Amanda Stewart
Inside Northern Virginia
Dec. 1, 2008
Peru
En Iquitos discuten acciones para combatir explotación sexual infantil
Meeting in Iquitos discusses
measures to the combat sexual exploitation of
children
As part of World Day to Combat HIV / AIDS, in the city of Iquitos, a meeting
will be held to exchange intervention strategies in regard to youth who are
vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation.
The primary purpose of the event is to develop strategies to reduce sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs), and to promote healthy sexual behaviors...
The meeting will also enable the development of recommendations through which
state and civil society entities in Iquitos can work to develop prevention,
care, recovery and punishment of the sexual exploitation of children and
adolescents.
En Iquitos discuten acciones para combatir explotación sexual infantil En el
marco del Día Mundial de la Lucha contra el VIH/Sida, hoy viernes se realiza en
la ciudad de Iquitos (Loreto) una reunión de intercambio de experiencias de
intervención con adolescentes y jóvenes en situación de vulnerabilidad a la
explotación sexual comercial.
La finalidad de la actividad es desarrollar acciones dirigidas a la reducción de
infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS) y promover conductas sexuales saludables.
El evento es organizado por el Fondo Global, a través del Consorcio de la
Macrorregión Oriente, integrada por Acción por los Niños, la universidad
Cayetano Heredia y la fundación ADAR.
SUR Noticias
Dec. 1, 2008
Texas, USA
Por pornografía infantil sentencian a empleado de Diócesis católica
Catholic Diocese employee
sentenced for child pornography
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