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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 you're told you're going to be working as a prostitute, if you don't do that, they're going to kill your family, your children, your siblings. that's enough to keep you there. you don't 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 d...

Surrounded by strange men. >> translator: he put me between the man's 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 don't like this work. i'm leaving. i'll pay you some other way but i will pay you. he said, "you can't leave here." i sai...

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 don't like this work. i'm leaving. i'll pay you some other way but i will pay you. he said, "you can't leave here." i said, "why, if i'm still going to pay you what i owe?" he said, "just see what happens if you try to leave. i'll go after your family." >> agent vasquez says if the $13 beers aren't enou...

Work under duress. >> the truth is when you're told you're going to be working as a prostitute, if you don't do that, they're going to kill your family, your children, your siblings. that's enough to keep you there. you don't 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. >> agent vasquez assigned to the harris county t...

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 don't like this work. i'm leaving. i'll pay you some other way but i will pay you. he said, "you can't leave here." i said, "why, if i'm still going to pay you what i owe?" he said, "just see what happens if you try to leave. i'll go after your family." >> agent vasquez says if the $13 ...