Mexico police busts S Korean-run firm, frees workers
Mexican authorities have rescued 129 laborers, including six children, who were forced to work in poor working conditions in a South Korean-run garment factory.
Following an anonymous report, authorities broke into a clothes-manufacturing company, identified as Yes International, in the town of Zapopan located in the western state of Jalisco on Wednesday, rescuing 121 women and eight men, including six minors aged 16 and 17.
According to Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM), four South Korean nationals identified as the owner or manager of the company were handed over to Jalisco’s Judiciary officials.
INM coordinator Ardelio Vargas Fosado described the men as “gang of suspected human traffickers.”
Meanwhile, Jalisco’s chief prosecutor Luis Carlos Najera added that the workers’ claims concerning “physical and sexual abuse” are being investigated.
Officials also stated that the employees were subjected to verbal abuse, long shifts with very short breaks, unhygienic conditions, and flammable hazardous materials with no fire safety equipment.
The latest bust on companies with poor working conditions come as in 2013, police rescued at least 275 people, including 39 teenagers, after one of the laborers managed to escape the prison like camp in Toliman in the north central state of Querétaro, where tomatoes were sorted and packed for export.
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