Police have arrested a woman in the village of Campiña, Sevilla, for allegedly prostituting her 13-year-old daughter.
The woman offered her young daughter to local residents for sex in exchange for money. On one occasion the woman offered herself and the daughter to a man, and when the man refused they threatened to denounce him for sexual abuse.
The investigation began when a local resident reported that the young girl, who usually begged for money, food or tobacco, suddenly offered herself for sex in exchange for cash. The police subsequently identified two elderly men in the town who had accepted such an offer and they have been charged.
The woman has been charged with prostitution and the corruption of a minor. The father of the girl, who lives in a neighbouring village and actually has legal custody, has also been arrested and charged with abandoning the girl.
The young girl has now been taken into care.