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Published March 1, 2007

Construction company owner charged with harboring illegal aliens

News-Leader Staff

The owner of a Springfield construction company was charged in federal court today with harboring illegal aliens.

Santiago Lopez-Gomez, 28, a citizen of Mexico who lives in Springfield, is charged with harboring six illegal aliens from Mexico in apartments he rented in Ozark, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Lopez-Gomez — himself an illegal alien — hired the six others to work for his construction company, S.L. Primo’s Exteriors, according to court documents filed in the case.

Lopez-Gomez allegedly paid for housing for the illegal workers in the Fremont Hills Town Home Community in Ozark, the release said.

Ozark police arrested Lopez-Gomez and four of the illegal aliens on Feb. 27 while investigating a motor vehicle accident.

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