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