Trump calls for death penalty for sex traffickers of minors and women

Republican candidate and former President Donald J. Trump (2017-2021) said this Thursday the government should impose the death penalty for sex traffickers of minors and women and for major drug traffickers.

The New York tycoon said during a rally in Arizona, on the border with Mexico, that, if he wins the Nov. 5 elections, harsher sentences will be imposed against “illegal foreign criminals.”

As quoted by local media, Trump said, “this includes a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for anyone guilty of human trafficking, a guaranteed life sentence for anyone guilty of child trafficking, and the death penalty for anyone convicted of sex trafficking of children or women,” said the businessman.

Trump also announced his intention to implement capital punishment for major drug traffickers.

🇺🇸 | El presidente Trump visita el paso fronterizo de Montezuma, en Arizona.

En su intervención en la frontera con México, anunciaba que cuando sea elegido presidente tratará de aprobar la pena de muerte para quienes cometan delitos de tráfico sexual con mujeres y niños. pic.twitter.com/tetQZPqMrz

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“We will also impose the death penalty for anyone who kills our police officers, sheriffs, border agents or law enforcement officers. There will be the death penalty with a faster trial, not one that lasts 15 years and exhausts everyone,” added the candidate for the White House.

If he defeats Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris in November, Trump reiterated that the United States will be “great again.”

“We will free our country from illegal aliens, drug dealers, thieves, murderers, gang members and child [sexual] predators. We will make America safe again for our citizens and we will make it bigger, stronger, better and more beautiful than ever before,” he concluded, in an speech where he was protected by bulletproof glass.