A state lawmaker introduced a bill that seeks to prevent human trafficking in hotels in the state of Baja California
A state lawmaker introduced a bill that seeks to prevent the human trafficking of girls and female teenagers from happening in Baja California hotels.
Assemblyman Gloria Arcelia Miramontes, of the National Regeneration Movement Party, said in a prepared statement the bill seeks to call hotel owners to prevent human trafficking in their premises.
The bill that seeks to reform state Tourism Law was turned to the Commission on Justice for discussion.
Miramontes said the proposal does not discriminate against minors from using hotels but instead looks to protect children from becoming victims of human trafficking.
The lawmaker quoted Mexico City Council of Public Safety Chairman Salvador Guerrero, who said women, children, and men are trafficked for labor and sexual exploitation.
Most of human trafficking victims found in Latin America and the US are from Mexico, the legislator said.
The Executive Office of the National System of Public Safety set Baja California third nationwide with the most cases of human trafficking back in 2019.
The state reported the first months of last year 65 cases of human trafficking.
According to Miramontes, it is well-known that human trafficking for sex occurs in hotels and motels.
In June 2020 a woman was arrested in Mexicali while taking a girl to a hotel for prostitution, the Assemblywoman recalled.
Bodyguard bill introduced
A state lawmaker introduced a bill that seeks to amend Baja California’s Public Safety Law in order to regulate the assignment of police officers as bodyguards for public officials.
The bill was introduced by Assemblywoman Alejandrina Corral, of the conservative National Action Party.
The lawmaker said people are interested in creating a new Body Guard Assignment Public Service to protect public officials who are related to public safety, administration of justice, and correctional activities.
Recently, the state Secretary of the Treasury reported to members of the Commission of the Treasury that at least 60 police officers from the State Department of Public Safety are assigned as bodyguards.
That means half of the state police agency force is assigned as bodyguards.
Assemblywoman Corral admitted that bodyguards are needed to protect the rule of law. However, the legislator said this protection service must be regulated in order to stop the use of bodyguards for officials who do not need protection, and that turns into an inappropriate use of public funds.
The lawmaker proposes to create a committee within the Department of Public Safety that assigns police officers as bodyguards after holding a feasibility study.
Also, Corral proposed the registration of bodyguards.
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