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| she choose Zunduri as her name which means beautiful girl in Japanese |
A 23 years old girl has regained her freedom
from her captors after 5 years long in captivity of slavery. According the
girl, it started when she ran away with her boyfriend at the age of 17. The
relationship did not end well and she was homeless in Mexico City. A lady who
owned a dry cleaning shop in the Mexican capital's accommodated her in her house see more pics
At
the initial stage, she said, the lady was so kind to her and she sees her like
her own mom and would call her mom. As time goes, things began to change, the
woman started maltreating her by increasing the workload that she does on daily
basis. She would work for 20 hours a day doing domestic chores and ironing
clothes. According to her, the quantity of food that is being given to her
reduced and sometimes she would not be given food for 5 days and would always
sleep on the floor.
As
if the punishment was not enough, the lady started beating her and to make
matters worse for her, she put her in chains, the chains was put on her neck
and on her waist so that she could be able to be ironing clothes. She spent about
six months in chains while working for the lady. She recalls how her captors
would peel off the scabs from her skin, scratch her neck with their fingernails
and used iron to burn her in the head.
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| Zunduru is now celebrating her freedom from her captors |
In
April 2015, she managed to escape when the woman who chained her left the chain
a little loosed. After her escape, her case was taken to the authorities and
police raided the house where she had been held captive and arrested five
adults who are facing charges of human trafficking and exploitation. According to
the law, the offence is punishable by 40 years in prison.
Juana
Camila Bautista, a special prosecutor in charge of combating human trafficking
in Mexico City, said that members of the family treated the girl badly in some
form and that during investigation; blood stains found in multiple places
around the dry cleaners matched the girl’s DNA.
Since
her escape, she has undergone a number of medical examinations as part of her
recovery and
the doctors determined that her body and her internal organs were similar to
those of an 80-year-old person,
According
to the girl, her dream is to become a pastry chef and open her own bakery.
Just
as the Bible said, “fear not he who would destroy the body but cannot destroy
the soul” she was held captive, tortured, denied the freedom of her life but her
spirit is not destroyed.
She
was not
discouraged by difficulty, danger and disappointment. Her spirit was stable and
she believes she would be free one day and here she is telling her story to the
whole world.
source: CNN
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