1Angora, 27, originally from Honduras, began prostitution at age 12.
Before the pandemic, he managed to earn enough to send some money to his family.
Now he doesn't even have to pay a rent.
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2Angora adjusts her dress to try to get clients in the late afternoon.
She had been waiting on the same corner for hours when a man approached her, posed as a potential customer and ended up stealing her purse.
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3Angora shows the tattoo on his chest with the name of his brother José, who was murdered in Honduras.
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4Geraldine awaits the arrival of clients at the exit of the Revolution subway.
Many of her regular clients stopped visiting her during the pandemic and each new encounter is a new risk of contagion.
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5A poster in the offices of the Brigada Callejera organization reminds sex workers to take positions that avoid face-to-face contact to avoid the risk of contagion during the pandemic.
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6 Laura, 62, tries to find clients outside the Revolution subway.
The drop in the number of clients during the pandemic and the increase in women who engage in sex work due to the economic crisis has made their day-to-day lives even more difficult.
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7Laura wipes her tears after telling how she had to pawn her phone last February to be able to eat.
She has been a prostitute for 45 years, but says she has never suffered so much to get ahead.
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8A sex worker sleeps leaning on her purse on a bench outside the Revolution subway.
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9According to the Brigada Callejera organization, more than 15,000 people are engaged in sex work in Mexico City, twice as many as before the pandemic.
Elvira Madrid, founder of this association, estimates that 40% are people who had left prostitution but have been forced to return to it due to the economic crisis.
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10Sex workers raise their fists during a virtual meeting at the national level to promote their rights organized by the Street Brigade.
According to the organization, at least 50 sex workers have died from covid-19.
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The battle against the poverty of sex workers in Mexico City
2021-04-12T20:07:58.316Z
The economic crisis resulting from the pandemic has forced thousands of people to engage in prostitution. Many have been left without a home and struggle every day to feed themselves