Fox News Latino
A Colombian mother of 14
is accused of selling the virginity of her 12 underage daughters for about $200
per child, according to RCN radio in Colombia.
Authorities say
Margarita Zapata Moreno, 45, also continued to force several of her
daughters to prostitute themselves to financially well off men in Bogota.
Zapata
denies the allegations and faces up to 25 years in prison, according to El Tiempo. At least some of the girls
were under the age of 14 when they were forced to have sex, RCN said.
Authorities said Zapata
was reported by one of her daughters, who is now 16 and has a child as a result
of the alleged sexual abuse.
The teen was reportedly
upset that her mother wanted her to abort the child.
According to victim
testimony, Zapata drugged her young daughters before forcing them to have sex
with men she handpicked for her daughters.
"It's unnatural
behavior that goes against the principles of being a mother, someone who is
suppose to love and protect her children," Carlos Melendez, Commander of
the Police Force of Bogota, told Univision.
Tito Cornelio Daza, 51,
allegedly the baby's father, was also arrested.
Both Daza and Zapata
face charges of abuse of a minor under 14 and the enforcement of prostitution.


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