Legality of Prostitution in TJ - Translator Needed!

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Posted by Erip on March 08, 2001 at 18:53:58:

I looked through some materials on the web trying to find an authoritative answer to a question that's been debated on this board...whether prostitution in the zona is "legal" or merely "tolerated". And no, I haven't found the answer because of my limited Spanish.

I did find one criminal statute of the state of Baja California that appears to lay out criminal penalties for corruption of minors (under 18) - including turning them towards prostitution, and perhaps pimping. I'm curious as to precisely what it says. The statute is set forth below in it's full Spanish text. Any of you fluent in Spanish care to take a shot at a translation?

ARTICULO 261. TIPO Y PUNIBILIDAD. AL QUE PROCURE O
FACILITE LA CORRUPCION DE UNA PERSONA MENOR DE
DIECIOCHO AŅOS DE EDAD O DE QUIEN ESTUVIERE DE HECHO INCAPACITADO POR OTRA CAUSA, MEDIANTE ACTOS
SEXUALES, O LO INDUZCA A LA PRACTICA DE LA MENDICIDAD, EBRIEDAD, TOXICOMANIA O ALGUN OTRO VICIO, A FORMAR PARTE DE UNA ASOCIACION DELICTUOSA O A COMETER
CUALQUIER DELITO, SE LE APLICARA DE UNO A CINCO AŅOS DE PRISION Y DE VEINTE A CIEN DIAS MULTA.

CUANDO LOS ACTOS DE CORRUPCION SE REALICEN
REITERADAMENTE SOBRE EL MISMO MENOR O INCAPAZ Y
DEBIDO A ELLO ESTOS ADQUIERAN LOS HABITOS DEL
ALCOHOLISMO, USO DE SUBSTANCIAS TOXICAS U OTRAS QUE PRODUZCAN EFECTOS SIMILARES, SE DEDIQUEN A LA
PROSTITUCION O A LAS PRACTICAS HOMOSEXUALES, O A
FORMAR PARTE DE UNA ASOCIACION DELICTUOSA, LA PENA DE PRISION SERA DE CINCO A DIEZ AŅOS Y DE CIEN A
CUATROCIENTOS DIAS MULTA.

SI ADEMAS DE LOS DELITOS PREVISTOS EN ESTE CAPITULO RESULTASE COMETIDO OTRO, SE APLICARAN LAS REGLAS DE LA ACUMULACION.



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