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Human trafficking crackdown in Quintana Roo rescues 16 women and exposes transnational criminal network

Authorities in Quintana Roo rescue 16 women in Tulum, Playa del Carmen, and Cancún during coordinated raids targeting human trafficking and forced prostitution.

In a makeshift apartment in Tulum’s 2 de Octubre neighborhood, four Colombian women were rescued from a human trafficking operation masked as a job recruitment scheme. The apartment was one of several locations raided last week during a coordinated, multi-agency crackdown across Tulum, Playa del Carmen, and Cancún that resulted in the liberation of at least 16 women and the arrest of 13 individuals.

Authorities say . . .

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