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#158 Old 14th Oct 2009 at 7:31 PM
Default Xochilt "Maria" Castañeda - Round 2
Xochilt Castañeda - Known as "Maria" Stateside

Xochilt Castañeda is a kind, gentle Itza Maya woman who grew up in a small village near Lake Petén Itzá in the highlands of Guatemala. Unlike her mother or sisters she was not especially talented at traditional weaving, so she decided to look for work in Guatemala City.

While in the big city, she was informed of an opportunity to obtain lucrative work in the United States, ostensibly as a house cleaner. Excited by the prospect of adventure and the promise of monies she thought she could send back home to her family, Xochilt made the dangerous and illegal trip into the United States.



Unfortunately for Xochilt, the men who had transported her into the U.S. were not who she thought they were. These men were Sex Traffickers and forced Xochilt, who they renamed "Maria" into the sex trade. Xochilt and several other women and girls were held captive by a small group of men and were forced into prostitution.



Xochilt was given a small, windowless room in which to live, work, and sleep. The room has becme her prison and she harbors a smoldering hatred for the men who had tricked her and the men for whom she had to service. Anger, loathing, shame, exhaustion, and fear consume her daily.



Abuse is all too common for Xochilt and the other girls. If a "client" runs off without paying, the pimps take their anger out on the women. Some women are beaten so severely that Xochilt notices that once their cries abate, those women are never seen again. Escape is a difficult prospect, but Xochilt dreams and plans to return back to her village and out of this horrible life.

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