Organ trafficking and sexual exploitation: About 45,000 children and young people are missing and have been abducted in Mexico.
Mexico City (FIDES) - In Mexico approximately 45,000 children and young people have been abducted and are victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking in organs. This is the claim made by the Foundation for the Research of Missing and Abducted Children. Criminal gangs are mainly active in the Federal District (Mexico City) and in the Mexican states of Veracruz, Tijuana, Monterrey, Guadalajara and also in the border areas in the north and south of the country. Often young people are lured by criminal networks with enticing offers.
According to American and French authorities that observe the phenomenon in Mexico, the victims are operated on in American hospitals, where their organs are removed by corrupt doctors. The age group of these children who are kidnapped range between 7 to 10. Younger children are often kidnapped for adoption.
In order to face this serious problem, the Foundation for the Research of Missing and Abducted Children has developed a campaign on the phenomenon of child abduction to be used in the schools of the Mexico City and the States of Veracruz and Puebla.
According to UNICEF, 1.2 million children go missing Worldwide each year.
(Agenzia Fides - Rome 12/08/2014) - Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies
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