Wreaths and sprigs of holly adorned the grand homes with their paned windows and warm lights.

They rode quickly through the sleeping neighbourhoods, taking the side streets and alleys that ran behind the grand homes.

I looked out over all of it-thesleeping city, the grand homes, the strong walls, the neat lower town, the fertile plain.

Young women from across Mexico are duped into becoming sex slaves by wealthy men living in grand homes, offering them work or even marriage.