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Inside the Slave Trade in the Valley (2009) - Kelly Francis-Love Collection
Museum of South Texas History
Sound | 2009 | Color | English and Spanish

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2000s
Houston
Harris County
Hidalgo County
Television News
Crime
Kelly Francis-Love Collection
Museum of South Texas History
Law and Law Enforcement
Texas Locations:
Harris County
Hidalgo County
Houston
Weslaco
PLEASE NOTE: This news footage discusses sexual violence and human trafficking, which may be triggering or unsuitable for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. In this television news segment for the Rio Grande Valley’s KRGV-TV, broadcast on October 29, 2009, Alex Trevino reports on modern human trafficking in Texas. He interviews two women that have escaped enslavement, one as sex slave and the other as a labor slave. The segment includes footage of the surrounding areas and additional interviews with an FBI agent and lawyers, interwoven with the survivor’s stories.
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