Cancun, Q.R. — Four women reported to be the victims of forced prostitution have been rescued from a Cancun hotel. On Wednesday, local authorities said the women were removed from the hotel during a police operation the night before.
According to state officials, National Guard, the Navy, and the Municipal Police participated along with members of the FGE. The women were rescued following a search warrant issued for the hotel.
In a statement, police said all four are believed to be “possible victims of acts likely constituting the crime of human trafficking in its form of prostitution of others.”
Police said the search was made in a property that operates as a hotel on 22nd Street, in Superblock 66, of Cancun.
During the operation, the participating agents located four women of Mexican nationality, who, due to their vulnerable situation such as precarious economic condition and lack of education, were forced to provide sexual services.
“The women paid 100 pesos at the hotel reception for room rental each time they attended to a client, plus 300 pesos for each sexual service to a manager who was the one who recruited them and “protected” them, offering them security,” police added.
During the search, agents seized video surveillance cameras, cell phones, condoms, notebooks and packages containing white powder similar to cocaine and crystalline powder.
The hotel was closed by agents of the Investigative Police and placed under the custody of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE). Police did not announce any arrests.
