Paradita, "Standing Girl" waits for male customers on street in Coahuila District of Zona Norte, Tijuana.  Paraditas, or "Standing Girls", are sex workers who may legally ply their trade in Zona Norte, less than 500 m from the Mexican / US bord
Paradita, Dulce Maria (Sweety Mary) 28 years old from the Mexican state of Guerrero, reclines on bed in hotel used by sex workers on Coahuila Street, Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007  Paraditas, or "Standing Girls" are sex workers who ma
Tubes of personal lubricant cream used by individual sex workers called Paraditas, Standing Girls, in a case at the front desk of a seedy hotel in the Coahuila District of Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007
Blind guitar playing street performer is led by a boy past sex workers on Tijuana street just a few hundred meters from the US border in Mexico.   2006
A common sight: Police arrest a man on the street in the middle of the Coahuila red light district, Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  There is an extremely heavy police presence in the red light district by a police force that lord over the Paradit
Erica, a 17 year old Paradita ("Standing Girl") from Tijuana, stands, holding a bag of chips and typing a text message on her mobile phone, in Tijuana's Coahuila District, Zona Norte, Mexico.  2007
Young sex workers, called Paraditas, line up for selection of passing male customers during midday, in the La Coahuila red light district, which is just a couple of hundred meters from the border fence, Tijuana, Mexico. Some of the women who fail t
Erica, a 17 year old Paradita from Tijuana, stretches out her legs on bed in cheap hotel she uses to conduct sex business in the Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.   2007
Paradita sex worker shares a gaze with security guard for one of many bars in the Coahuila District, Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007  Paraditas, or "Standing Girls" are sex workers who may legally ply their trade in Zona Norte, less tha
On the outlying streets of the Coahuila District of Zona Norte, older Paraditas take up positions far from the most popular, younger sex workers who occupy prime locations in the center of the district, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007
Foreign man, walking down street lined with brothels, pulls away from Paradita, "Standing Girl", as she tries to pull him in as a customer, Coahuila District, Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007
Confident swagger: Tijuana policemen sit outside of station in the middle of the Coahuila red light district, where men are frequently arrested, Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007
Paradita, "Standing Girl", presents herself on pavement outside Chinese restaurant in the Coahuila District, Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007
Sign put up by family of a woman who went missing in the Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007
Paraditas, "Standing Girls", wait for male customers outside brothels lining street in the Coahuila District, Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.  2007   Paraditas are sex workers who may legally ply their trade in Zona Norte, less than 500 m fro
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