Overview
- Police, which executed the court-ordered raid Wednesday, found the shop inside a house on Bahía Blanca near Arregui that had been closed before but kept operating.
- Officers removed 11 adults and 7 children, with most victims reported as Bolivian or Peruvian nationals.
- Investigators described a “hot bed” setup in which workers slept in rotating shifts to keep production running around the clock.
- Reports from the scene said the victims had no keys to leave, with filthy rooms and sewing machines set next to mattresses.
- City control inspectors, victim support teams, and Migration officials assisted on site, and the case sits with Federal Court No. 11 under Judge Ariel Lijo with no arrests reported so far.