Girls arrive at the apartment of Jorge Flores, an immigrant from Mexico, eight to ten girls at a time. Ladies and gentlemen, these are people who live next door to us. Their clientele are local businessmen, teachers, doctors, construction workers. People who have access to children every single day. This is not a movie, it’s happening in Charlotte. What was found and what happened to the girls? From the report:

“Two pairs of children’s sneakers, pink and green, now sit outside Flores’ old apartment off Sharon Amity Road near Eastland Mall. It was one of two apartments where, just a year ago, he hid his teenage victims.

Authorities say he brought customers there, but mostly took the girls to hotels and brothels set up around the city.

He favored teenagers because he could charge more. Clients paid $25 to $30 for 15 minutes with one of the girls. One teenage victim testified in court that, on many occasions, Flores would drive her to a house or an apartment where men would be waiting.

An undercover agent says the teenagers would be made to have sex with up to 100 men a week.”

I’m sick to my stomach just reading about the horrors these girls have gone through. We must pray, the churches in our cities have to be involved, and everyone of us should call our local police to see how we can be part of our local Human Trafficking Taskforce. These girls are someone’s daughters for crying out loud. There stories are becoming too common. We should be outraged!

“One girl forced into prostitution thought she was coming to North Carolina to be a nanny, says Stuart of Legal Aid, which gives free legal services to low-income people.

Another 14-year-old from Mexico, who thought she was to work at a restaurant, was forced to have sex with men in Greenville, S.C., Columbia and Charlotte.”

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2009/10/04/983851/teens-become-prey-in-charlotte.html#ixzz12AS8q7ja