Prostitution in Guatemala: Difference between revisions

In Guatemala City there is a red-light district by the "La Linea" railway track.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sights and Sounds of La Linea in Guatemala City - Points Summary|url=http://first2board.com/pointssummary/2014/05/16/sights-sounds-la-linea-guatemala-city/|website=Points Summary|accessdate=1 January 2018|date=16 May 2014}}</ref> About 250<ref name="garcia">{{cite web|last1=Garcia|first1=J. Malcolm|title=Outreach in Guatemala City's red-light district: 'We care for you as you are'|url=http://globalsistersreport.org/news/equality/outreach-guatemala-citys-red-light-district-we-care-you-you-are-42436|website=Global Sisters Report|accessdate=1 January 2018|language=en|date=26 September 2016}}</ref> prostitutes work there in shacks.<ref name="beeb">{{cite web|title=Prostitutes play the beautiful game|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3985857.stm|website=BBC|accessdate=1 January 2018|date=6 November 2004}}</ref> The women women rent the shacks directly from the owners and work for themselves, not [[pimps]]. They do have to pay [[protection money]] to local gangs.<ref name="garcia" /><ref name="icwa">{{cite web|last1=Fieser|first1=Ezra K.|title=HIV/AIDs in Guatemala Part 1|url=http://www.icwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/EKF-9.pdf|publisher=[[Institute of Current World Affairs]]|date=November 2008}}</ref> Generally the local police ignore the area.<ref name="garcia" />