Thread: 3 Plead Guilty 2 Forcing Young MX Women Into Sexual Slavery

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Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 8
Three Plead Guilty to Forcing Young Mexican Women Into Sexual Slavery


Three young women stand at the entrance to a brothel. Trafficking in women for the purpose of prostitution is a worldwide problem. Combating this modern form of human slavery is a priority for ICE and the U.S. Departments of Justice and State. (U.S. State Department Photo)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - In one of the largest sex trafficking cases since the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, an ICE investigation led April 5 to guilty pleas from three Mexican men to 27 counts of forcing young Mexican women into prostitution in brothels throughout the New York City area.

Josue Flores Carreto, Gerardo Flores Carreto and Daniel Perez Alonso, all Mexican nationals, admitted that for more than a decade, beginning in 1991, they recruited young, uneducated Mexican women from impoverished backgrounds, smuggled them from Mexico to the United States and forced them to engage in prostitution.

All three men admitted to physically assaulting their victims on multiple occasions, causing serious bodily injuries. They admitted to using threats of serious harm and physical restraint against the young Mexican women to force them to commit acts of prostitution. They also admitted that they beat the women for hiding money, disobeying their orders and failing to earn more money.

The victims were forced to perform acts of prostitution at a rate of $25 to $35 per “John.� Of that amount, the owners and managers of the brothels took half. The other half was taken by the defendants and other members of the Carreto criminal organization.

“This case is an example of the violence and abuse inherent in human trafficking," said Assistant Secretary Michael Garcia. "Young Mexican women were terribly exploited by this ruthless trafficking organization. ICE is working to identify and dismantle criminal groups like these that exploit our borders and their victims.�

The three men are all members of the Carreto family sex trafficking ring that operated between Tenancingo, Mexico, and Queens, N.Y. They entered their pleas just before the beginning of their trial in Brooklyn, N.Y.

This prosecution, which includes previous guilty pleas by three other defendants and the indictment of two additional persons presently in jail in Mexico, represents one of the government’s largest sex trafficking cases brought under provisions of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. The act was passed by Congress to combat forms of coercion, such as psychological manipulation and intimidation, which traffickers use to hold victims in conditions of servitude.

Yea, and Im real worried that some protestor stopped or detained an illegal. Thats what im really worried about.

Give me a break, the Mexican govt thinks we are stupid.

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why punish them?let them abuse each other as much as they want;the worse off they are here the less encouragement to come here.