The attacks on the child population in the so-called “sex tourism”have a record of 700,000 “predators” that enter the Mexico coming from Canada, United States, England, Holland and others, alerted a legislative study.
The senator and president of the Commission for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, Josefina Vazquez Mota said for The Truth News that the entrance of pedophiles to Mexico, it is alarming:
“More than 35 percent of sexual predators come from the United States and Canada, and it is urgent, and I have expressed it to authorities and many forums that are a priority on the United States-Mexico security agenda.”
Our country ranks second in sex tourism of minors, only behind thailanda nation that due to the poverty suffered by adults are forced to prostitute their children in brothels or on the street, says the report.
On a monthly average, 100 minors with Mexican residence are recruited to offer sexual services in other places such as Cancun, Guadalajara, Tapachula and Tijuanathis according to United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef, for its acronym in English).
On the other hand, each year there are more than 600 million tourist trips worldwide, but 20 percent of those walkers who are looking for sex, according to statistics from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Of this total, three percent agree to have pedophilic desires or tendencies, which means that three million people go around the world in search of sexual relations with children under 13 years of age, or even younger, according to information of the “United Commission Against Trafficking”.
The Sectur recognizes the problem in Mexico
The Sectur recognizes the problem in Mexico. Photo: Astrolabe.
The Ministry of Tourism published some figures on trafficking in persons in the world and highlights precisely that Mexico is among the top five places in this practice; Furthermore, it is the first country in diffusion of child pornography.
“A terrifying reality is that more than 60 percent of the images that feed this child pornography content are currently taken by children and adolescents themselves through their technological devices,” added Senator Vázquez Mota.
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The UNICEF It also detected that, on Mexican soil, minors offered for prostitution usually have up to 30 clients per week; however, these sexual exploiters have international networks and their main tool is the internet.
What does the Federal Penal Code say? Photo: Free Feathers.
He Federal penal codein its article 209 bis reformed in November 2021 states:
“It will be applied from nine to 18 years in prison and from 750 to 2 thousand 250 days of fine, to whoever takes advantage of the trust, subordination or superiority that he has over a minor of eighteen years of age… and forces, induces or convinces to execute any act sexually, with or without his consent.
In the event that the person uses physical violence, the penalties will be increased by one more half.
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