The pimp sat on a plastic chair in a small room off a dark courtyard as the music from the town’s spring festival blared from outside. He was sweating. This was the first time he had told anyone what had happened here and he was nervous.
He started haltingly. Telling the story of Tenancingo, the small town that is a nerve centre of Mexico’s sex trafficking industry, is dangerous. The padrotes, or pimps, who who have been known to run the town for decades, making millions from selling women and girls across Mexico and the United States, could target anyone who speaks out.
