The year-old, who had immigrated to France from Peru two years prior, was reportedly set upon by a group of men armed with knives and firearms. Local media reports said Ms Campos had been attempting to prevent one of her clients from being mugged before she was fatally shot in the chest. On Monday, Paris prosecutors said five men had been charged in connection with her killing, according to the AFP news agency.
Protesters had held a march through the park on Friday, calling for her killers to be brought to justice. The case has also drawn attention to the plight of sex workers and their customers in the French capital, who are targeted for robberies by criminal gangs stalking parks late at night.
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