{"id":923,"date":"2016-12-12T09:48:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T15:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=923"},"modified":"2017-01-09T08:05:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:05:44","slug":"chaplains-provoke-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=923","title":{"rendered":"Chaplains Provoke Cartel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hands-.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-926 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hands--300x211.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hands--300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hands--768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hands--1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hands-.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Multiple <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Mission Generation <\/span><span class=\"s1\">chaplains began receiving threats from the cartel in June 2016 after exposing a sex trafficking operation working in middle schools.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Treats began when volunteer chaplains working in Bolivia started talking to middle school girls.&nbsp; They were being told that girls in the school were being forced to have sex.&nbsp; School officials working for the cartel were using the girl\u2019s \u2018school pictures\u2019 to sell them.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>These girls along with several boys were also being used as \u2018mules\u2019 to traffic drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once authorities were informed, the chaplains notified the parents <\/span><span class=\"s3\">that<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">their daughters were victims of sex trafficking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>They were shocked <\/span><span class=\"s1\">to discover the parents <\/span><span class=\"s2\">were angry the police were now involved\u2026<\/span><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp; It seemed the parents were cooperating with the cartel to traffic their daughters! Ironically, they were the same parents that had opposed the Chaplain Program at the beginning of the school year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One school official has been jailed and is being held without a bond pending trial.&nbsp; Several others have been indicted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>The investigation is still ongoing.&nbsp; Authorities have discovered evidence that other schools in the district were involved as well<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp; <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Despite the threats, chaplains continue to work in 288 schools in Bolivia trusting God as their protector. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Department of the Defense of Children and the Department of Sexual&nbsp;Human Rights have applauded Mission Generation\u2019s Chaplain Program.&nbsp; The Bolivian government recognized the Chaplain Program as a solution to the victimization of school age children and is working with the Chaplain Program to expand operations. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple Mission Generation chaplains began receiving threats from the cartel in June 2016 after exposing a sex trafficking operation working in middle schools.&nbsp; Treats began when volunteer chaplains working in Bolivia started talking to middle school girls.&nbsp; They were being told that girls in the school were being forced to have sex.&nbsp; School officials working<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,96,79],"tags":[118,117,119],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chaplain-program","category-countries","category-testimonies","tag-bolivia","tag-cartel","tag-sex-trafficking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1009,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/1009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}