{UAH} Texas couple convicted of keeping African girl as slave for 16 years | The Independent

Texas couple convicted of keeping African girl as slave for 16 years

Pair face up to 20 years in prison after trafficking child from rural village in Guinea

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A couple who enslaved a West African girl at their home in Texas for 16 years have been convicted by a federal jury.

Mohamed Touré, the son of Guinea's first president Ahmed Sékou Touré, and his wife Denise Cros-Toure arranged for the child to travel to the US when she was only five years old.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-couple-enslaved-girl-guinea-west-africa-southlake-mohamed-toure-son-president-a8724966.html

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