Venezuelan women are fleeing their homeland gripped by an economic crisis and prostituting themselves to feed their families. Teachers, police officers and newspaper carriers are among those turning to the sex trade in Colombia to provide for their children and relatives back home. The undocumented women often end up working in sordid bars and the tropical climate exposes them to infections and diseases such as malaria. Some 1.
Poverty has soared after four years of recession and years of financial mismanagement. The International Monetary Fund predicts inflation will hit a staggering 1.
Psychologist Jhon Jaimes says the women prostituting themselves in Colombia suffer from 'anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder. Mother-of-three Patricia, 30, was beaten, raped and sodomized by a drunken client at a brothel in Calamar, where approximately 60 Venezuelans work as prostitutes.
The region is a hub for drug-trafficking and a bastion of dissident former FARC guerrillas. Approximately 60 Venezuelans work as prostitutes in Calamar, Colombia, which is a hub for drug-trafficking. Women at a brothel in Calamar, where approximately 60 Venezuelans work as prostitutes. A year-old mother calling herself Alegria also travelled to Calamar. With nine other women, Alegria prostitutes herself every night in a bar in the town of 3, people.
A sex worker, who chose to remain anonymous, speaks about her experience of the industry. Sex workers in Calamar, Colombia, where dozens of women have travelled from Venezuela. Mother-of-three Patricia, 30, pictured was beaten, raped and sodomized by a drunken client.
