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>> fbi agent maritska vasquez says the men who frequent these secret brothels should understand the girls they buy work under duress. >> the truth is when youre told youre going to be working as a prostitute, if you dont do that, theyre going to kill your family, your children, your siblings. thats enough to keep you there. you dont have to be in chains because the chains in this case are psychological, not physical. >> in just two years, the fbi field office in houston has interviewed over 100 ...

Surrounded by strange men. >> translator: he put me between the mans legs. and he said, "here, you can do whatever you want with her." the man grabbed me and he put his hands on me. and i said, "let go of me." >> hernandez left her bakery business in el salvador for what she thought was a well-paying factory job. instead she found herself trapped with 20 women in a squalid cantina. the devoted mother who never drank pleaded with her captor. >> translator: i said, walter, i dont like this work. i...

And i said, "let go of me." >> hernandez left her bakery business in el salvador for what she thought was a well-paying factory job. instead she found herself trapped with 20 women in a squalid cantina. the devoted mother who never drank pleaded with her captor. >> translator: i said, walter, i dont like this work. im leaving. ill pay you some other way but i will pay you. he said, "you cant leave here." i said, "why, if im still going to pay you what i owe?" he said, "just see what happens if y...

Work under duress. >> the truth is when youre told youre going to be working as a prostitute, if you dont do that, theyre going to kill your family, your children, your siblings. thats enough to keep you there. you dont have to be in chains because the chains in this case are psychological, not physical. >> in just two years, the fbi field office in houston has interviewed over 100 young women who were held captive, prisoners forced to perform sex acts for 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. >> they ...

His hands on me. and i said, "let go of me." >> hernandez left her bakery business in el salvador for what she thought was a well-paying factory job. instead she found herself trapped with 20 women in a squalid cantina. the devoted mother who never drank pleaded with her captor. >> translator: i said, walter, i dont like this work. im leaving. ill pay you some other way but i will pay you. he said, "you cant leave here." i said, "why, if im still going to pay you what i owe?" he said, "just see ...

Buy work under duress. >> the truth is when youre told youre going to be working as a prostitute, if you dont do that, theyre going to kill your family, your children, your siblings. thats enough to keep you there. you dont have to be in chains because the chains in this case are psychological, not physical. >> in just two years, the fbi field office in houston has interviewed over 100 young women who were held captive, prisoners forced to perform sex acts for cash, 14 hours a day, six days a we...

Youre going to be working as a prostitute, if you dont do that, theyre going to kill your family, your children, your siblings. thats enough to keep you there. you dont have to be in chains because the chains in this case are psychological, not physical. >> in just two years, the fbi field office in houston has interviewed over 100 young women who were held captive, prisoners forced to perform sex acts for 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. >> they were usually young, as young as 14 years old. >> ag...

His hands on me. and i said, "let go of me." >> hernandez left her bakery business in el salvador for what she thought was a well-paying factory job. instead she found herself trapped with 20 women in a squalid cantina. the devoted mother who never drank pleaded with her captor. >> translator: i said, walter, i dont like this work. im leaving. ill pay you some other way but i will pay you. he said, "you cant leave here." i said, "why, if im still going to pay you what i owe?" he said, "just see ...