Karl Jacinto Essay

Karla Jacinto was raped 43,200 times, and that's just a rough estimate. Up to 30 men in one day, seven days a week, for four years of her life. Karla’s abuse started as young as the age of 5 years old, she came from a dysfunctional family, and was sexually abused and mistreated by a relative. Her journey starts when she was 12 years old, waiting for some friends by a nearby subway station in Mexico City, a little boy who was selling sweets approached her, telling her somebody was sending her a piece of candy as a gift. A couple minutes later an older man started talking to her, saying he was a used car salesman. The awkwardness soon disappeared as the man started to mention his abuse as a child as well. They exchanged numbers and he called a week later inviting her to trip to a nearby city, Karla was excited but she didn’t know what she had in store for her. She soon started seeing red flags when she got into his car, first of all he was 10 years older than her, making him 22. "The following day I left with him. I lived with him for three months during which he treated me very well. He loved on me, he bought me clothes, gave me attention, bought me shoes, flowers, chocolates, everything was beautiful," Karla says. Her boyfriend would leave her by herself for a week in their apartment. His cousins would show up with new girls every week. When she finally mustered the courage to ask what business they were in, he …show more content…
Harrell and classmates, this evening I will be giving you my thoughts on human trafficking and why it is a violation of human rights and should be treated as a crime. Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing activities of domestic and transnational crime, governments should strengthen legislative and law enforcement efforts to prevent and combat trafficking and to protect victims of trafficking. This has always been an issue in our world and too many people from woman to children under 16 are getting involved in the human