Objective

(a) To study the mobility and sex tourism carried out by taxi workers in the city of Taxco, Guerrero, México. (b) To analyze the data of confirmed cases of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the municipality of Taxco, from 2006 to 2016.

Material and Methods

The study was qualitative, non-probabilistic. An open-ended interview questionnaire was designed and applied to 30 taxi workers in the city. Five specialist physicians (anonymous key informants) were interviewed.

Results

The findings show how 60% (18 cases) of the interviewed group stated that they had hired sex workers. The cities that were most attended for such activity were Jojutla (State of Morelos), Iguala and Taxco (State of Guerrero), and México City. A total of 72 confirmed cases of HIV and AIDS were registered in the 10 years considered.

Conclusions

The city of Jojutla was the most visited place in terms of mobility for the purpose of hiring this sex service. Both the low prices, to the young age of the sex workers who frequented it had a decisive influence on the above. Finally, the statements of health specialists interviewed confront the official statistical data on HIV/AIDS cases.