Venezuela’s mining region a hotbed of sex trafficking and violence, UN says

Fact-finding mission reports brutal massacres and sexual slavery in gold-rich arc where armed gangs fight for control

Struggling to get by amid Venezuela's runaway inflation, widespread shortages and rampant unemployment, a young woman left the city of San Felix for the promise of a job deep in the forests of Bolivar state.

The offer made on Facebook promised a good salary in exchange for working in a booming mining town.