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M\u00f3nica\u2019s* father was a taxi driver in the city.<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]\n
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He worked hard every day to put food on their little table. Usually just rice, beans, and vegetables, but sometimes they could afford to buy chicken for\u00a0arroz con pollo<\/em>. It had just been the two of them for the past seven years since her mama passed away from cancer.<\/p>\n

Ra\u00fal lived in the barrio, and they met through mutual friends. He was three years older, and with her father always on the road, she gravitated toward a boyfriend.<\/p>\n

He was a little controlling, but somehow that made her feel loved and cared for.<\/p>\n

After a few months, things with Ra\u00fal just didn\u2019t go like M\u00f3nica intended.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, mi reina,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he\u2019d say. \u201cJust do me a favor? I have a friend who wants to meet you.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0But there was a steely look in his eye, and she knew it wasn\u2019t optional.<\/p>\n

He\u2019d post pictures of her on Facebook. And the more personal ones, he\u2019d send directly to anyone who needed a little extra push to pick a time and date.<\/p>\n

She met his \u201cfriends\u201d at his apartment. Ra\u00fal always negotiated a \u201cgood price\u201d for time with \u201chis girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was when she realized that Ra\u00fal was also selling drugs. Somehow she had missed this red flag early on. His \u201cfriends\u201d would pay her a visit and then the guys would get high together. She\u2019d join them, desperate to escape this reality she found herself in.<\/p>\n

And so the months passed by, and M\u00f3nica\u2019s eighteenth birthday arrived.<\/p>\n

She had never felt more alone in her life.<\/p>\n

But you sent national Search + Rescue operatives to investigate these posts on Facebook. They assisted local police in creating a strong, actionable case.<\/p>\n

One evening, M\u00f3nica was summoned by Ra\u00fal to meet yet another friend. Cash was handed over, but this time, the sound of sirens pierced the air.<\/p>\n

Police busted in through the front door, and Monica panicked.<\/p>\n

Before she could even run, a woman in plain clothes entered with police and immediately rushed to M\u00f3nica to calm her and tell her they had come to help her. Now she was free!<\/p>\n

Tears of relief poured down her face as she walked by Ra\u00fal, his face contorted in rage as they handcuffed him. His days of selling her were over.<\/p>\n

Celebrate with us because M\u00f3nica is safe now; she\u2019s back with her father and will begin her healing road because you made her freedom possible.<\/p>\n

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