Thread: AL: Police: Brothel at Ala. trailer park grossed $800K

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Police: Brothel at Ala. trailer park grossed $800K annually
2/28/2007, 3:06 p.m. CT
The Associated Press

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A brothel that operated for years in a northeast Alabama trailer park took in as much as $800,000 annually and may have forced some young Latin American women to work as prostitutes in return for being smuggled into the United States, police said Wednesday.

Three men were charged with promoting prostitution, and five other people were being held for immigration officials. All eight will eventually be deported to Mexico, said Police Chief Benny Womack.

Womack said investigators believe the brothel operated for as long as seven years inside a trailer park that caters to Hispanics. The operators moved between several trailers to stay a step ahead of law enforcement, and virtually all the customers were Spanish-speaking men, he said.

One of two women taken into custody appeared to be in her teens, the chief said, and authorities have been told that some young women were forced to work as prostitutes in exchange for being smuggled into the country.

"It's a first for Albertville. This is not a city that normally has these problems," said Womack.

An investigation that lasted about six months revealed the operation was taking in as much as $800,000 annually for years, according to the chief.

Womack said brothers Leon Miguel Martinez, 31, and Jose Martinez, 24, of Guntersville allegedly owned the operation, which was allegedly operated by Elias Miranda, 41. The brothers were believed to have also run a prostitution ring in Decatur, he said, but a police raid there turned up no suspects.

Jail officials said there were no records to indicate whether the men had hired attorneys.

The brothers were arrested at a traffic stop Sunday, and Miranda and two women were arrested Monday during a raid of a trailer that was allegedly being used for prostitution.

Three other people were subsequently taken into custody, and Womack said additional arrests were possible.

Tiajana coming to a trailer park near you.

Dixie

We had the same thing in Nashville....operating out of an apt. One 14 year old had been forced into prostitution for over 2 years. It was brutal. There is no telling just how many of these are operating everywhere.

Yep.....they are making a killing here off illegal endeavors. Ain't no way they're picking tomatoes and sending billions and billions back home.

There's 800K Bank of Aliens won't get. :P

Wonder if they took BOA credit cards??

Is this more of the work we Americans won't do!! The sicko low life illegal scum of the earth!!!

Where is a good tornado when you need one!!!

"It's a first for Albertville. This is not a city that normally has these problems," said Womack.

Been going on there for 7 years and this jackleg says it's not normally a problem this city has.

$800,000 and only two prostitutes? They must have worked 24/7.

virtually all the customers were Spanish-speaking men, he said.

Wait, I thought all these hard working people were coming here to better themselves and send some money home to their poor families????
Wonderful family values........yeah, right