Mexico detains 5 in US sex slave case

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican federal police say they have detained four men and a woman for allegedly helping force women to work as prostitutes in Mexico and the United States.



The federal police say they were acting on information from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office indicating the women were taken to New York to work as prostitutes.



Police said Friday the arrests were made during raids Thursday on four homes in the town of Tenancingo in the central state of Tlaxcala state, which has long served as a center for Mexican pimps and the forced-prostitution trade.



Police say the gang lured women with promises and trickery to Mexico City and later forced them into prostitution. Some were later taken to the United States.