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MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mexican authorities violated the rights of a Venezuelan sex trafficking victim by detaining her without support, the country’s human rights watchdog said, urging the government to offer compensation and do more to identify trafficked migrants.
The National Migration Institute (INM) failed to identify that the woman had been trafficked, inform her of her rights, or provide specialized care in a detention center in July 2018, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) said late on Monday.
Mexico’s refugee agency COMAR was aware the woman - who had applied for asylum - had been trafficked but did not coordinate with INM to provide her with support, according to the watchdog.