Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The San Diego-Tijuana border remains one of the most heavily trafficked international crossings in the world. And that traffic has a dark side: humans, especially girls, being bought, sold, and forced into labor or sex.
A recent high-profile case in San Diego netted dozens of arrests for sex trafficking, but there are few resources for victims on the Mexican side of the border. A resident of San Diego has opened a shelter in Tijuana for victimized girls.
Brooke Binkowski reports it's one of only two in all of Mexico.