Police rescue 2 teens from sex trade in Cebu | Inquirer News

Police rescue 2 teens from sex trade in Cebu

/ 08:11 AM September 26, 2018

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CEBU CITY – A mother’s plea for help from authorities in Liloan town, northern Cebu, led to the rescue of her 13-year-old daughter and another 17-year-old girl from two alleged sex traffickers on Monday.

Investigator PO3 Jennifer Lapeña, of the Liloan police Women and Children Protection Desk, said they rescued the two girls from a pension house in nearby Compostela town.

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She identified those arrested as Warlito Villegas, a 48-year-old businessman from Liloan, and Antonio Bequilla, 54, of Compostela.

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Villegas and Bequilla are detained at the Liloan police station pending the filing of human trafficking charges against them, police said.

According to Lapena, a rescue operation was launched after the mother of the 13-year-old girl sought their assistance on Monday evening. She said the mother believed that her daughter had been sold for sex.

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An initial investigation alleges that Villegas paid P2,300 to Bequilla to find him a girl.

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Bequilla then allegedly asked a 17-year-old girl to look for a girl for Villegas.

The teenager then got the 13-year-old to be with Villegas for the night. /cbb

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