A sex-slavery cult was discovered in Mexico and broken up by Mexican officials. The Daily Mail reported that the sex-slavery ring was run by a cult on the U.S. border called the " Defensores de Cristo" or the "Defenders of Christ." Allegedly the cult would recruit women to have sex with a Spanish man who said he was the reincarnation of Christ.
The Daily Mail reported that forced to do sexual services and prostitute themselves as well as forced labor. The National Immigration Institute said they filed a complaint about the cult more than a year ago.
Mexico's National Immigration Institute agents raided a house near Nuevo Laredo which is right across the border from Laredo, Texas. Inside they found cult members which included children, living in derelict conditions.
Inside the house they found 14 foreigners including six people from Spain, two from Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela. There was also one person from Argentina and Equador. Amongst the foreigners 10 people were Mexican natives, mostly women reported the AP.
The AP reported that the Attorney General's office is investigating the cult and if any charges should be made. "Given the binds of sect loyalty that had been built over an estimated three years, prosecutors were still trying to work out which of the detainees may be considered victims, and which were abusers," reported the AP.
The cult's website said that it started three years ago after starting in Brazil and other areas of South America. The leader on the website is Ignacio Gonzales de Arriba, a Spaniard.
The AP reported that Arriba was involved in courses called "bio-programming" which claimed to allow the people involved to eliminate suffering by reprogramming their brains.
Myrna Garcia who is an activist for the Support Network of Cult Victims has worked with "Defensores de Cristo" victims in the past. She said to the AP that even though the Mexican operation may have been raided it does not mean that it is an end to the cult overall. She speculates that there could be a presence of the cult in Argentina and Peru.
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