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Lydia Cacho’s journey into exposing organized crime began over three decades ago when she started investigating gender violence and trafficking networks in Mexico. Her work led her to uncover the vast, interconnected system where powerful mafias buy and sell children from Latin America—Paraguay, El Salvador, and others—and import them into the United States and Mexico for exploitation, sexual abuse, and forced labor. She shockingly recounts recording phone calls where traffickers discussed prices for children, revealing a sinister international network linked to mafias entrenched in various industries.