Texas couple arrested on human trafficking charges.

There were demonstrations in front of the Papasitos Adult Daycare in Mission, south Texas yesterday when it became known that Juan and Judith Ramos had been arrested on human trafficking charges. The demonstrators were angry that the couple had allegedly brought two women over from Mexico with promises of jobs, but in fact forced them to work as slaves in the day care centre and also in their home.
“One of these people that’s been identified to us, according to these ladies, was forcing himself on her and actually may have tried to drug her in order to get sex,”
claimed women’s attorney Abner Burnett.
The women allege that if they didn’t co-operate, they were threatened with deportation. The women claim that they worked for 1,300 hours with no pay. They eventually managed to contact the human rights group “LUPE” and local police.
The case raises the question of how often this kind of trafficking occurs in small businesses, particularly near a border between a rich nation and a poor one.