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Many female workers enter sex trade as minors in Tijuana and Juarez.

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    August 14, 2015
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In northern Mexican cities, more than 1 of every 4 female sex workers, according to JAMA, enter the trade as adolescence and the risks of being trafficked is very high… as minors, and entering the sex trade as…

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