Valle de santiago-Jaral del Progreso, Valle de Santiago, Guanajato, Mexico, Mexico
KBL Group International recruited foreigners of Chinese origin to work in a factory to make sweaters with the promise of high pay and hourly rates. In truth, KBL would charge workers for travel expenses, rent and food causing each to be in debt. Workers has to work 14 hours a day, six days a week without sick days or holidays. They were not allowed to marry or females to get pregnant. The only day off were Sundays, where they were allowed short alloted time out of the factory with other workers and escorted for surveillance. All identification and documents were taken from their possession and were threatened with deportation. They were also punished with high fines for tardiness by the minute and for not buying the food KBL provided. KBL also had Mexican employees were were not allowed to communicate with the Chinese workers.
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