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Tenancingo Municipality, Tlaxcala

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Country
  
Mexico

State
  
Tlaxcala

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Time zone
  
Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

Tenancingo Municipality is a municipality and a town in Tlaxcala in south-eastern Mexico. Tenancingo is now considered to be the center for sex trafficking throughout Mexico, with roots of the practice dating back to the 1970s. It is home to local organized crime operations who work in collaboration with the larger cartels: Los Zetas, Nuevo Milenio, Caballeros Templarios, and the Gulf Cartel.

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Map of Tenancingo Municipality, Tlaxcala, Mexico

Sex trade and human trafficking

Of the 10,000 inhabitants of Tenancingo, it is estimated that 1,000 are sex traffickers. Local sexual exploitation, human trafficking, pimping and forced prostitution industries in Tenancingo are estimated to be worth $1 billion USD annually, with direct ties to the international sex trade. These practices have been denounced by dozens of NGOs.

Recent investigations and a documentary Pimp City: A Journey to the Center of the Sex Trade (2014), have revealed that the small town was identified by the United States Department of Justice as the leading provider of female sex slaves to the United States. According to the documentary, the entire political structure and police force of the town are implicated in human trafficking and sex trade. The U.N. estimates profits for the global human trafficking and sex trade industries at $32 billion USD annually, making it the third most profitable illegal global industry.

References

Tenancingo Municipality, Tlaxcala Wikipedia