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### Viewing cable 09SANJOSE590, A COMPLICATED CASE - TWO COSTA RICANS IN MEXICAN

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09SANJOSE590 | 2009-07-15 00:12 | 2011-03-21 16:04 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy San Jose

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    VZCZCXRO7386
    PP RUEHRD
    DE RUEHSJ #0590/01 1960014
    ZNR UUUUU ZZH
    P 150014Z JUL 09
    FM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1033
    INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO PRIORITY 5222
    RUEHRD/AMCONSUL MERIDA PRIORITY 0121

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SAN JOSE 000590

    SIPDIS
    SENSITIVE

    DEPT FOR WHA/CEN, GTIP

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: CS MX PHUM PREL KTIP PGOV
    SUBJECT: A COMPLICATED CASE - TWO COSTA RICANS IN MEXICAN
    PROSTITUTION RING

    ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 8, Mexican police conducted a
    prostitution/potential-TIP raid in the Yucatan region where
    they found two Costa Rican women who allegedly had been
    brought to Mexico for use in a prostitution ring.  While both
    women initially claimed that they had been trafficked to
    Mexico and kept against their will for use in forced
    prostitution, one of the women later admitted to Costa Rican
    authorities that they had gone to Mexico willingly with the
    express purpose of working in the sex industry.  Costa Rican
    authorities are continuing to investigate the incident,
    including whether there is a wider prostitution-recruitment
    ring operating in Costa Rica.  The two women were returned to
    Costa Rica on June 13, and given protection and support from
    the Victims Protection Office, which was officially
    established by law in Costa Rica in April 2009. END SUMMARY.

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    A STORY - AND A RETRACTION
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    ¶2. (SBU) On June 8, a police patrol in the northern Yucatan
    encountered Raquel Canales Acevedo, who told them that she
    and a friend had been trafficked into Mexico, were being held
    against their will in a nearby house, and were being used as
    sexual slaves.  Mexican authorities then followed Canales to
    the house, "freed" the second Costa Rican (Yoheni Chaves
    Fonseca), and arrested Rosa Maria Casanova May, a Mexican
    national.  Casanova implicated Keisy Gonzalez, a Costa Rican
    national, as the leader of the prostitution ring.  The two
    victims also told authorities that an official from the
    Yucatan State migration department, Hernan Vega Burgos, had
    assisted the ring in exchange for sexual favors.  Mexican
    authorities are reportedly continuing their investigation
    into Vega's actions (he resigned his post on June 11) and are
    searching for Gonzalez, a long-time resident of Mexico.

    ¶3. (SBU)  According to Michael Soto, head of the GOCR
    Judicial Police's "Various Crimes" unit which runs
    trafficking investigations, Chaves stated that she wanted to
    "set the record straight" as soon as she was returned to
    Costa Rica.  Chaves told investigators that she had actually
    been recruited to go to Mexico by Canales in order to work as
    a prostitute, and that the two women had not in fact been
    held against their will while in Mexico.  Chaves said that
    after arriving in Mexico, Canales disagreed with their
    employers (including over the use of the washing machine) and
    became dissatisfied with her pay.  Chaves added that Canales
    was considering taking a position at another brothel when
    police found her, and that she invented the story regarding
    their alleged trafficking due to her personal disagreements
    with Gonzalez and Casanova.  Soto told us that Canales has
    refused to speak with investigators, and is seeking out a
    defense attorney (despite the fact that the police have not
    brought charges against her).  Soto also stated that the GOCR
    is investigating the 'massage parlor' where the women had
    worked in Costa Rica before going to Mexico in order to
    determine if a wider prostitution-recruitment ring exists in
    Costa Rica.  They are aware of at least one other Costa Rican
    who worked at Gonzalez's brothel in Mexico (for roughly one
    month) and returned to the Costa Rica around the time Canales
    and Chaves arrived in Mexico.

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    VICTIM'S PROTECTION OFFICE SPRINGS INTO ACTION
    --------------------------------------------- -

    ¶4. (SBU) Upon their return to Costa Rica, Canales and Chaves
    were put under the protection of the Victims Protection
    Office (VPO), which was officially established by the new
    Victim and Witness Protection Act of April 2009.  Though not
    every tool called for the in Act has been put in place
    (including the construction of dedicated shelters for
    trafficking victims), the GOCR acted quickly and efficiently
    to provide protection to these two possible victims.  The
    women were met at the airport by GOCR officials and members
    of the inter-agency TIP Coalition, including a psychologist.
    Both women were given police protection for roughly 15 days,
    until both decided that they no longer needed/wanted the
    protection.  Both women were also offered regular visits with
    a psychologist for as long as they wished (which they used
    for a limited period of time).  The VPO also set up one of
    the women with a foundation that would provide her funds to
    rent an apartment for a month, after she had difficulties
    re-establishing her ties with her family upon returning to
    Costa Rica.

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    SAN JOSE 00000590  002 OF 002

    MEDIA COVERAGE
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    ¶5. (SBU) The case was widely reported in the Costa Rican and
    Mexican press in mid-June.  Both women were clearly
    identified by name, with their photos lining the pages of
    various Costa Rican newspapers.  The Costa Rican press also
    listed detailed descriptions of the locations of their
    residences, including specific neighborhoods.  After their
    return, and in large part due to the media coverage which
    failed to keep their identities confidential, both women have
    faced a number of challenges in re-integrating into their
    communities and with their families.

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    COMMENT
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    ¶6. (SBU) This case has brought to light some of the major
    challenges of dealing with trafficking cases in Costa Rica,
    but also showed the seriousness with which the GOCR now takes
    potential TIP cases.  All parties readily admit that there
    remains much work to be done on TIP issues, including Soto
    and Vice-Minister of Public Security (Government) Ana Duran,
    whose Ministry is responsible for handling the local TIP
    response. However, in this instance the GOCR and the TIP
    Coalition moved quickly to assist the two women from the
    moment they arrived in Costa Rica.  The full funding of the
    Victims Protection Office, as expected in next year's budget,
    the establishment of victims shelters, and the drafting and
    passage of a new specific anti-TIP law are some of the
    challenges that lay ahead.

    ¶7. (SBU) The media response, however, left much to be
    desired.  The lack of protection of the women's identities
    had a tangibly negative impact on the women themselves,
    making it much more difficult for them to re-integrate.  We
    have already begun discussion with the National TIP Coalition
    and the GOCR on enhanced media training and outreach on TIP
    issues, and we plan to develop a clear media strategy over
    the coming months.
    BRENNAN

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