US dismantles child prostitution ring of Mexicans

The US authorities have dismantled a prostitution ring of under-aged illegal immigrants run by a Mexican family in Florida.

More than twenty Mexican girls -- aged about fourteen to eighteen -- were brought to the United States and allegedly forced to work as prostitutes for migrants workers in the area.

Five members of the Cadena family were charged with smuggling immigrants and holding them prisoner as prositutes.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service