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In colonial Guatemala, and into the 20th century, prostitution was thought of as necessary to protect the virtues of the "ladies" of Guatemala. Brothels and [[street prostitution]] were tolerated and commonplace.<ref name="howell">{{cite web|last1=Howell|first1=Jayne|title=Economic and Social Obligations of Women Street Prostitutes in Southern Mexico|url=http://gencen.isp.msu.edu/files/8714/5202/7094/WP278.pdf|publisher=California State University –|accessdate=1 January 2018|date=May 2003}}</ref> Guatemalan law held that prostitutes could not be raped and that violence was an occupational hazard.<ref name="howell" />
Any woman, whether a prostitute or not, convicted of "bad conduct" could be incarcerated in a brothel for up to 3 years.<ref name="ency">{{cite book|last1=Ditmore|first1=Melissa Hope
==La Linea==
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