17-year-old girl trafficked into U.S. from Mexico rescued after texting 911 and describing landmarks
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A 17-year-old girl has been rescued and a man arrested after the girl was allegedly trafficked into the United States from Mexico, authorties in Southern California said Thursday. The girl was able to text authorities asking for help and describe enough landmarks for police to find her.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Communication Center in California received a text message at around 3 a.m. on Thursday, April 9 that included pleas for help, the sheriff's department said in a news release. A dispatcher at the center began communicating with the texter, who was sending messages in Spanish. The texter had no idea where she was but described multiple landmarks and "other identifiable information," and the dispatcher passed this information along to deputies at the Ojai Sheriff's Sub-Station.
Those deputies launched a search in the Casita Springs area, and after just 20 minutes, the texter was found.
