Thread: TX Girl says she was kidnapped, used as sex slave

Girl says she was kidnapped, used as sex slave

March 12, 2008, 12:19PM



David Salazar, 27, is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping.
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By RUTH RENDON
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

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A 16-year-old Mexican girl told authorities she was being held against her will in Jacinto City and used as a sex slave since being smuggled into the country two months ago, authorities said today.

The teen was found in a Jacinto City home after she cleverly used her captor's cell phone and called 911. The only problem was she could not tell authorities where she was.

The first calls came into the Jacinto City 911 system on Feb. 25.

"We've been receiving calls on 911 from a young lady stating that she was being held against her will and that they had her locked up," Jacinto City Police Chief Joe Ayala said. "She was able to get access to a cell phone but would call and hang up when someone was coming."

The young woman was unable to give authorities an address of where she was.

"She was smuggled here from Mexico without her family's knowledge," Ayala said.

Using cell phone coordinates, police canvassed the 1300 to 1500 blocks of Jennifer following the February phone calls but were unable to locate the teen.

Early Friday, the girl made more 911 calls to Jacinto City police. This time the cell phone coordinates were traced to the corner of Horacio and Jennifer in Jacinto City. Three calls were made between 2:30 a.m. and 4 a.m.

Police were dispatched to the area and checked the home at 1320 Jennifer shared by Gregoria Salgado Vazquez and her son, David Salazar.

"At first the people there (Vazquez and Salazar) said they were the only two people there and that no one else was there," Ayala said. "Then they said, 'well, there is someone else is here.'"

The girl was found in Salazar's bedroom.

"She seemed kind of confused and afraid to speak," Ayala said.

After being removed from the home, the girl opened up to Sgt. Genaro Cortez about her ordeal, Ayala said.

The girl, who doesn't speak English, told authorities that she was sexually abused by Salazar and others.

"She was sexually abused several times by different people at the home and at different locations for money. She said Ms. Vazquez wouldn't let her leave," Ayala said.

The girl apparently was kept in a room that was padlocked from the outside. The home at the corner of Jennifer and Horacio is equipped with burglar bars on all the windows and three large dogs were kept in the backyard.

The girl, who also said she had been whipped with a belt, said she had been smuggled within the last two months. She was taken into protective custody through Child Protective Services, Ayala said.

Vazquez, 58, and Salazar, 27, are each charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping. Each are being held in the Harris County Jail in lieu of $400,000 bond. Vazquez, according to Ayala, is in the country illegally.

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Public Information Inquiry


LAST NAME VAZQUEZ
FIRST NAME GREGORIA
DOB
SPN NUMBER 02245936
SSN




CHARGES FOUND =2


INFORMATION ACCURATE AS OF 03/12/2008 - 20:08



NAME VAZQUEZ, GREGORIA SPN 02245936 DOB 03/12/1950

JAIL JA09/4P2 01W BOOKING DATE 03/10/2008
UP DATE OUT DATE

If the up date is the same as the out date, payment of the fine amount is not required to release the inmate from custody on that case.

CASE # 115727601010 BOOKING DATE 03/10/2008
CHARGE AGG KIDNAPPING
COURT 232 COURT DATE 03/31/2008
BOND AMT 200000.00 FINE BALANCE DUE


CASE # 115727501010 BOOKING DATE 03/10/2008
CHARGE AGG SEX ASSLT CHILD 14-17
COURT 232 COURT DATE 03/31/2008
BOND AMT 200000.00 FINE BALANCE DUE

While a good-faith effort is made to post accurate information, neither Harris County nor the Sheriff of Harris County makes any representations whatsoever as to the quality, content, accuracy or completeness of any information being posted to this website and contained herein, nor does it guarantee that any such information is current or correct. Harris County and the Sheriff of Harris County make no warranties, express or implied, as to the fitness of any such information for any purpose, or with respect to results obtained by individuals or other entities resulting from the use of any such information. Neither Harris County nor the Sheriff of Harris County assumes any responsibility for the use, dissemination, distribution, or reliance upon by third parties of any such information. Further, Harris County and the Sheriff of Harris County do not endorse any website that has a link to or from this website.

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LAST NAME SALAZAR
FIRST NAME DAVID
DOB
SPN NUMBER
SSN




PERSONS FOUND =0


THERE WERE NO HITS - PLEASE ENTER MORE INFORMATION

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http://apps.jims.hctx.net/sopublic/Inqu ... AB884CD4DE

What family values, huh? The guys mama thought it was ok for her son to have a sex slave in the house?!?!

Call me a cynic, but there have been way too many of these sex slave stories since the "victims of violent crime" law came out.

I hope the girl is reunited with her parents in Mexico soon.

If she and her entire family ask for and get "amnesty" in the US, then the sex slave angle is a scam.