The Trade

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Dozens of women and children saved

from prostitution and slavery.

Hundreds of people arrested.

That's the result of a three-day sweep

by a human-trafficking task force.

KCAL9's Randy Page is live in downtown L.A...

In human-trafficking, the powerful prey

on the innocent and the vulnerable.

The trafficking can be done by cartels.

It can be all kinds of organized crime.

It can be churches.

The one thing that they all have in common

is making these people their slaves.

Hey.

-Hola. -Hola.

He grooms little girls and then starts molesting them.

His M.O. is basically anywhere between age eight and...

and 18.

Once they get older, he obviously moves on

to other girls, but he has multiple girls.

Any pornography?

Well, they do film, and they take pictures of it.

And who are the buyers?

The church hierarchy and politicians.

Does he have a church here too?

Not only does he have a church,

he's got about a million followers here in the U.S..

Uh-huh.

Mm-hm.

Yo, this is not small potatoes, this is a big thing.

Mm-hm.

Mm-hm.

So my objective right now

and the objective of the victims

is that we have to pursue the case against the hierarchy

of the church in Mexico.

Knowing what I know...

I think it's a very sad case for Mexico,

so that's all I can say.

We're just going into the same soup,

different players.

Uh-huh.

I've got a female subject inside.

-Female, right? -Yeah.

All right, 10-4.

Get a copy.

We got a tip called in, uh, yesterday.

The guy said that he saw the people were going

to and from that pink trailer,

and there's a white trailer across the street.

And according to the tipster, there's a female

inside of the house.

So we're gonna approach first.

-Sweet, rock 'n roll. -Good? Àndale .

Okay, we're clear here!

Clear here!

The tip from Roberto in Ohio led us to a stash house

where we discovered a 16-year-old female.

She said she was not abused by her smugglers,

but, uh, we do need to find out who brought her here

and why.

Is she shaking like that through the whole interview?

Yup.

Yeah, we're gonna probably have to, uh...

-Call the family? -Yeah.

Talk to B.J. and see, uh-- see what's up.

I'll call them today.

Okay.

Okay.

How do you feel about going to Ohio?

Yeah, I'm ready.

Megachurch leader charged with child rape

and human-trafficking made his first court appearance.

Naason Joaquin Garcia's bail was set at $50 million.

He did not enter a plea...

Okay.

Hopefully everything goes through well.

A church spokesperson called the charges "slander"

and said Garcia remains their spiritual leader.

When all the smoke clears,

he is going to be found innocent,

and I want the people that did this to him to be exposed.

The power that La Luz El Mundo has in Mexico,

it's unprecedented.

The church plays a critical role in getting

corrupt politicians elected

with money and with votes.

They are able to push their weight around

to stop investigations, influence investigations,

to intimidate witnesses and victims.

Someone came forward before with information about the abuse

and he got killed.

Now, our witness living in Mexico is in more danger.

Hello?

Hey, there.

Just wanted to let you know that they're sending the...

the unmarked police cars

to stay in front of your house, okay?

-Oh, great. -I'm just gonna let you--

-give you a head's up. -Oh, that's awesome.

Is your daughter still going to school?

[Sochil Yeah, she-- so, actually, I didn't send her

to school today just because

I didn't really know what to expect.

So, um, tomorrow, uh--

No, play it safe.

I would recommend that you don't take her to school.

-Okay, perfect. -What's key here is you're--

you guys' safety, so, uh, we got that part.

Okay, thank you so much.

Alrighty, we'll be in touch.

I'll let you know when-- when they're at home--

-when they're home, okay? -Okay, thanks.

-Okay, thank you so much. -Alrighty.

Mommy, let's keep playing.

-Let's keep playing. -Okay.

I was taken into La Luz Del Mundo through my aunt

when I was a child.

Okay, this will be the big sister

and you'll be the little sister.

I was abused by the church emotionally

and psychologically and sexually.

Why were you crying last night?

Because I-- I-- I had a bad dream.

The apostles,

they take turns either molesting or raping the girls,

and then the rest of the men do it

and the apostle will watch.

My aunt made it seem like it was a blessing.

It was normal, it was a blessing,

because they instill it in your brain,

they engrave it in your brain.

But once you realize what you were made to live,

then you realize, "Wow...

my entire life was a lie."

Okay.

Naason is just the tip of the iceberg.

There are bishops and deacons and pastors and prophets

that are all part of a human-trafficking scheme,

and they won't stop.

I feel that it's my calling.

I have to speak out.

Justice will be served.

-Gentlemen? -Sir, how you doin'?

Welcome to C-bud.

How you doin', Jim?

What's going on? Nice to meet you.

How you doing? B.J. Hill. Nice to meet you.

-It's cold out. - I'd offer you guys

some coffee, but I don't know how to make it.

All right, so let's start with, um...

your main guy here.

-What do you know-- - Roberto.

Roberto?

December 21st, he reports that

there's a girl in McAllen that's been kidnapped.

She's 16 years old.

He didn't know the girl other than he's friends with her

on Facebook and friends with the family on Facebook in Honduras.

-Okay. -Sure.

Yeah, it didn't make sense.

Well, anyway, long story short, we find her

and take her to be interviewed.

She says, you know, they didn't kidnap her,

they were smuggling her.

Did he motivate her to come?

-He motivated her. -I think he asked her.

-Straight-up. -From Honduras and-- yeah.

Yes.

And he thinks he's just, you know,

the witness for this case--

Sure, and he probably thinks he's smarter

than everybody else, which will be good.

Yeah.

It's always been "I'm a friend of the family...

-Yeah. -And their daughter.

Yup.

So friends of the family don't mind turning their phones over

-or their computers. -Right.

We're trying to get Roberto on enticing.

But I wanna see what's the-- what's the real purpose

of him bringing her up here?

'Cause I'm thinking there's gotta be more to this.

I wanna see those Facebook messages.

You know, how many other girls has he reached out to?

Especially if he's got a lot of young girls.

-Yeah, absolutely. -Yeah.

So... what do you guys wanna do first?

We're hoping to make contact with, uh,

-Roberto's wife. - Sure.

We're gonna try and see if, uh,

maybe he's been doing this before.

Okay.

Is it cold?

"Is it cold?"

Is that what you just...

Nope, heat wave just came through.