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Mexico Rescues 250 Workers From Labor Camps

© AP Photo / mar MillanIn this March 18, 2015 photo, day laborers from the Valle de San Quintin burn tires along the side of the main highway near the communal land "Gustavo Diaz Ordaz," in the municipality of Ensenada, south of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico
In this March 18, 2015 photo, day laborers from the Valle de San Quintin burn tires along the side of the main highway near the communal land Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, in the municipality of Ensenada, south of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico - Sputnik International
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Mexican authorities have rescued up to 250 workers subject to labor abuse on export farms.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Mexican authorities have rescued up to 250 workers subject to labor abuse during raids on export farms in recent weeks, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The raids revealed that the farms violate Mexican law and retailers' rules by withholding workers' wages until the end of the harvest and systematically denying them social security benefits.

The raids followed an increase in public awareness of labor camp life, and have been widely covered by the media, LA Times said.

However, the newspaper cited Mexican human rights advocate Margarita Nemecio as saying that the government launched raids only to give the public an impression of a fight against the practice.

She argued that current measures are ineffective, since most raids are announced in advance, allowing growers to clean up their facilities.

The Mexican inspections of export farms started in early March. Since then, at least three labor camps have been raided by authorities.

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