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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Luke Taylor

Venezuela’s mining region a hotbed of sex trafficking and violence, UN says

Miners dig in the earth in search of gold in a makeshift camp for illegal mining near Tumeremo in Venezuela's southern Bolívar.
Miners dig in the earth in search of gold in a makeshift camp for illegal mining near Tumeremo in Venezuela's southern Bolívar. Photograph: Carlos García Rawlins/Reuters

Struggling to get by amid Venezuela’s runaway inflation, widespread shortages and rampant unemployment, a young woman left the city of San Félix for the promise of a job deep in the forests of Bolívar state.

The offer made on Facebook promised a good salary in exchange for working in a booming mining town.

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