Uber Driver Saves Teenage Girl From Child Trafficking

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Keith Ávila, a photographer by profession and also an Uber driver, was preparing to do one more service like every day. This Monday he was picking up two women and a girl in Sacramento, California. But when they got into the car and he heard the conversation, he realized that something strange was happening.

First the girl caught his attention. "He looked like he was about 12 years old," he explains to PEOPLE magazine. "But she was wearing a very short skirt that showed off her legs."

The risque conversation between the little girl's companions made the driver on alert. "The woman sitting behind started to get angry. He was yelling at the girl the following: 'You have to have your priorities clear. We need this money,'" continues Ávila, who also posted a video on his Facebook page at the time ó ½ ÷ ¾ ›çW¼k] û {§ÜÛ † ½i§5kn7u¿ [çnõ

The word money began to haunt Ávila's head. Will he have to sell drugs? He wondered. But the situation began to clear up as the talk progressed. "The woman behind began to train the girl. She said to her: 'before you go in, see if there are any weapons. When you hug them and touch them, blow them,'" he describes.

Later they continued talking about money and how important it was for the little girl to ask for her "donation" before they entered the room. Still amazed at what he heard and saw, Ávila, 34, married with children, knew that he was facing a case of child sex trafficking.

It was necessary to act with caution and caution. Once they reached the passengers' destination, he did not hesitate to call the police, who immediately took control of the situation. Already at the scene, public forces uncovered this terrible case of sex trafficking, releasing the 16-year-old girl and arresting Destiny Pettway, 25, and Maria Westley, 31, accused of pimping and threatening a minor..

At the moment they are deprived of liberty without bail and another suspect, Disney Vang, has been arrested for his relationship with the case, already in the hands of justice.