# The Underground Ring That Traffics Women Around Mexico & the U.S. Originates From THIS Town

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Podcast: [Borderland: Dispatches with Katarina Szulc](https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689)
Published: 2026-08-21T21:38:00+00:00
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Recently, Katarina Szulc investigated reports that women from Tlaxcala, Mexico were being trafficked to Tijuana, where they were enslaved by “managers” and forced into the city’s underground. On the latest episode of Borderland: Dispatches, she reveals her shocking findings. Borderland: Dispatches is an IRONCLAD Original SYNC ID: MB019Y7ZR0FMCD0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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