His arrest and imprisonment in Bexar County, Texas happened after Dallas police officers rescued the 16-year-old.
According to her account, Hughes met and sexually assaulted her outside of a hotel parking lot in San Antonio. From here, the 37-year-old, his girlfriend, and a second male began taking photographs of this 16-year-old and then placing them on escort websites.
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Later, Hughes commenced taking the 16-year-old to various hotels across Texas fro her to sleep with other men.
In the available arrest warrant affidavit, Hughes’ girlfriend and the second man in question are listed; however, authorities have yet to arrest them as they did with Hughes on Thursday, September 1.
Fighting back against human trafficking
For every one case of human trafficking that publicly makes the news, at least several remain behind closed doors.
Furthermore, various authorities maintain that by the time they do finally catch human traffickers, they’ve often trafficked multiple persons. This stands as an indictment on society, as a whole.
