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After 32 Years In Captivity, 45-Year-Old Human Trafficking Victim Rescued With Son (PHOTO)

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An Argentine woman kidnapped 32 years ago as a teenager has been found alive and well in Bolivia following a joint investigation between the two countries, Argentine police said on Wednesday, December 26, 2018.

Now 45, the woman was the victim of human trafficking at just 13 years old, police said.

Handout picture released by the Argentine National Police on December 25, 2018 showing an Argentine woman (2-L) who was abducted 32 years ago, and her nine-year-old son (2-R), being escorted by police officers into a car in Oran, Salta Province, Argentina, on December 23, 2018, after being freed during a joint operation between the Argentine and Bolivian Police in the Bolivian southern border town of Bermejo. | HO / Argentine Police / AFP

Bolivian officers had been gathering evidence on the woman’s whereabouts for several months at the behest of their Argentine counterparts, before localizing her in a small town in the south of the country.

Once Bolivian authorities gave the authorization, police liberated the woman and her son.

The pair were transferred to Mar del Plata, her hometown some 400 kilometers (250 miles) to the south of Buenos Aires, where she was reunited with family, Argentine police said.

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