“A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be okay with this happening in a third world country. This is the United States of America.”
What PolitiFact found
Karla Jacinto Romero was sex trafficked in Mexico from 2004 to 2008, starting when she was 12 years old. We found no evidence that this trafficking was linked to Jacinto trying to migrate to the United States.
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In short
Katie Britt (Senator of Alabama) made this claim around 8 March 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 March 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Katie Britt has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dolUwgrzLGQ
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