Overview

• Agents from FEM and the AEI retrieved a seven-year-old and a five-year-old who were coerced into begging and street vending near a Juárez shopping center at Avenida Adolfo López Mateos and Bulevar Óscar Flores.
• Forensic medical and psychological evaluations revealed physical signs and trauma consistent with past sexual abuse of the Venezuelan and Colombian siblings.
• The children’s mother and her Venezuelan partner were detained by FEM agents after they resisted authorities and attempted to reclaim the minors by force.
• The siblings have been placed under the custody of the National System for Integral Family Development to receive ongoing medical and psychological support.
• The Ministerio Público de Chihuahua has opened an inquiry to assign responsibility and determine whether a broader human-trafficking ring was involved.