Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

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United Nations warns of ‘Alarming’ incidence of child trafficking in Puerto Vallarta and Chapala

In Jalisco, human trafficking has been detected in the municipalities of Puerto Vallarta and Chapala. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), reveals that three out of ten cases identified in Jalisco are children.

The specialist in strategic coordination of the UN in Mexico, Esther Montalvo Tavera, compared the data of what happens worldwide with Jalisco on this crime.

“In the case, for example, of the State of Jalisco, we understand that, of the total number of victims, 30% correspond to children. These are alarming figures."

The United Nations Office on . . .

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