Morelos: Evelin's femicide investigated possible human trafficking network

Evelyn's body was found on March 26, just over a week after her assassination, Morelos State Attorney General Uriel Carmona gave know that the main line of research revolves around a possible human trafficking network, which presumably contacts victims through social networks offering work.

“The possible existence of a network to treat is being investigated. In the area of Oriente de Cuatla, a call was being made to work through social networks, that is something that we have confirmed. (...) I respectfully appeal to young women in the eastern area and throughout the state of Morelos to be careful when they go to work appointments with strangers, do not go alone,” the official told the media on April 5.

At the same time, the prosecutor said that the possible feminicide of the young woman has already been identified “We know who she is and we are going to stop him”, he stopped. It should be noted that Uriel Carmona Gándara and the Femicide Prosecutor, Fabiola García Betanzos, held a meeting that same day, where they received deputies from the LV Legislature to collaborate in the early clarification of the femicide of Evelin and other cases in Morelos.

As detailed by the official, the main victims of the alleged criminal cell are young people between 15 and 25 years of age, half way after their departure from the above-mentioned meeting.

It should be recalled that on March 26 around 14:00 hours, employees of a nursery called the authorities since they had discovered a dismembered body. The experts confirmed that she was a 22-year-old girl. It was later revealed that it was the young Evelin “N”, who days earlier had left her house to attend a job interview.

According to official information, Evelin left her home on March 24. Later, videos were leaked in which the young woman is seen in a cafeteria accompanied by a man, who is presumed to be the interviewer.

According to the CNDH, Mexico is “a country of origin, transit and destination for victims of human beings for the purpose of exploitation”.

According to biannual reports submitted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), there was a regional increase in the percentage of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation detected in North America (United States of America, Mexico and Canada).

This is because in the material generated in 2016 it was reported that there were 55% of victims of trafficking in persons who were trafficked for sexual exploitation, while in the 2018 Report the percentage increased to 70%.

In 2019, this National Agency presented the Diagnosis on the Situation of Trafficking in Persons in Mexico, which covers the period from June 15, 2012 to July 31, 2017. Among the information analyzed, it was reported that the Attorney-General's Offices identified 5,245 victims of crimes involving trafficking in persons, 85% of whom were girls and women and 15% were boys and men.

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