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Fake license plate with vulgar Spanish slur leads Waco police to alleged human trafficker
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Fake license plate with vulgar Spanish slur leads Waco police to alleged human trafficker

ByEyes on Trafficking News

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – Police arrested Bertin Lopez-Jimenez, 17, charged with four second-degree felony counts of smuggling of persons, after officers received information about suspicious activity in a south Waco neighborhood and later spotted a Chevrolet pickup with defective headlights, and a fake license plate with a sexual slur in Spanish, according to a court…

Texas mother lost her home and job and was threatened with jail after asking eight-year-old son to walk home alone
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Texas mother lost her home and job and was threatened with jail after asking eight-year-old son to walk home alone

ByBilly Joe Cain

Story by Bevan Hurley • Nov 17 Read original story here. A Texas mother who asked her misbehaving eight-year-old son to walk half a mile home through a quiet suburban neighbourhood says her life was upended after she was charged with child endangerment. Mother-of-three Heather Wallace, 37, a qualified teacher and child sleep therapist, faced up to 20 years…

McLennan County deputies arrest 17 during human trafficking sting – KCEN-TV
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McLennan County deputies arrest 17 during human trafficking sting – KCEN-TV

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Out of those arrests, a victim of human trafficking was identified and got help from Unbound, a Waco nonprofit that helps human trafficking victims. MCLENNAN COUNTY, Texas — Seventeen people were arrested during a human trafficking sting by the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, deputies announced Wednesday during a news conference. The sting happened between Sept….

Anti-human trafficking unit in McLennan County arrests 12 during latest sting
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Anti-human trafficking unit in McLennan County arrests 12 during latest sting

ByEyes on Trafficking News

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – The McLennan County Sheriff’s Office’s Human Trafficking Unit arrested 12 individuals during a sting operation targeting human trafficking. Some of the suspects were reportedly looking to pay for sex, including three who allegedly solicited from a minor. Five other individuals were allegedly in possession of child pornography. “They’re trading this child…

McLennan County deputies arrest 17 during human trafficking sting
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McLennan County deputies arrest 17 during human trafficking sting

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Seventeen people were arrested during a human trafficking sting by the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, deputies announced Wednesday during a news conference. The sting happened between Sept. 26 to Oct. 1. Out of those arrests, a victim of human trafficking was identified and got help from Unbound, a Waco nonprofit that helps human trafficking victims….