I-Team: Bus tours sites of North Texas sex trafficking cases according to advocacy group
Once a month, the two advocates board a bus that leaves from downtown Dallas. It's a tour open to the public.
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Once a month, the two advocates board a bus that leaves from downtown Dallas. It's a tour open to the public.
The tour aims to change minds about sex trafficking stereotypes.
On any given night in Dallas, 400 girls are trafficked on the streets according to New Friends New Life, a North Texas human trafficking advocacy group.
On any given night in Dallas, 400 girls are trafficked on the streets according to New Friends New Life, a North Texas human trafficking advocacy group.
A local advocacy group estimates that up to 400 girls a night are sold on the streets of Dallas.
It's been a year since a teen was lured from a Mavs game by sex traffickers. The teen's parents say when police wouldn't help, they turned to a PI who found their daughter being sold in another state.
It's been a year since a North Texas teenager was lured from a Mavs game by sex traffickers. The girl's parents say when police would not help, they turned to a PI who found their daughter being sold in another state.
Kyle Morris and his daughter went to a Mavs game, like they had many times before. Just before halftime, she went to the restroom. That was the last time her father saw her that night.
New Friends New Life supports victims and helps them heal.
A source within DPD tells CBS11 detectives believe the man in yellow is 33-year-old Emanuel Cartagena. He's charged with sexual assault of a child.
A source within DPD tells CBS11 detectives believe the man in yellow is 33-year-old Emanuel Cartagena. He's charged with sexual assault of a child.
A source within DPD tells CBS11 detectives believe the man in yellow is 33-year-old Emanuel Cartagena. He's charged with sexual assault of a child.
He was originally charged in Sept. 2019 and pleaded guilty in court on April 27, 2022.
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The two men allegedly were involved in a scheme involving an underage girl
Handcuffed with a metal collar around her neck and forced to sleep naked at the foot of her 'owner's bed... these are just some of the horrors an alleged 'sex slave' endured.
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