MEXICO CITY – Federal District Attorney’s Office agents arrested six suspects and rescued 22 women who were being sexually exploited in the Mexico City borough of Xochimilco, officials said.A tip from the public led to raids on two bars operating in Xochimilco, located south of downtown Mexico City, the DA’s office said in a statement.
The owner of the bars and one of his business partners were among those arrested on sexual exploitation charges.
The four men arrested in the raids were taken to the Reclusorio Preventivo Norte prison, while the two female suspects were sent to the Santa Martha Acatitla women’s prison.
The raids targeted a bar in the San Antonio neighborhood, where 16 adult females were rescued and four suspects – three men and a woman – arrested.
Another raid at an establishment in the Xaltocan neighborhood resulted in the arrests of a man and a woman, while six women were rescued.
The women, who were mostly from Mexico City and the states of Guerrero, Nuevo Leon and Veracruz, identified all the suspects as being involved in forcing them to ply patrons with drinks in exchange for commissions, perform private dances and engage in prostitution
