Tulum, Q.R. — More than two dozen victims of prostitution were removed from a Tulum nightclub Monday. Specialized officers from human trafficking with the State Attorney General (FGE) made the rescue.
A total of 15 women, all of Mexican nationality, were removed from the centrally located Tulum nightclub during the Monday night search operation, the FGE reported in a statement.
“Following field investigations, the State Attorney General’s Office, through the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Human Trafficking Crimes, obtained and executed a search warrant for an establishment, from which it rescued 15 Mexican women, alleged victims of human trafficking in the form of prostitution, in Tulum,” they reported Tuesday.
“As part of the Specialized Unit for Human Trafficking personnel’s activities, the constant entry and exit of men from a building operating as a bar located on 2 Poniente Street and Géminis Norte, was observed.
“Given this evidence, the Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation to present it to the judge who issued a search warrant for the establishment during which they rescued 15 women who were dedicated to providing sexual services,” the FGE reported.
Police located six rooms inside the bar where the women provided the services. Half of the fees charges for their services was paid to the bar as commission.
“At the end of the procedure, the participating officers placed the corresponding security seals on the property, which remains under the custody of the FGE.”
