Thread: Feds Say Women, Girls Forced Into Prostitution

Feds Say Women, Girls Forced Into Prostitution

Last Edited: Monday, 07 Jul 2008, 10:24 PM EDT
Created: Monday, 07 Jul 2008, 8:47 PM EDT

Federal authorities arrested and charged five men for allegedly forcing young women and girls from Mexico to work as prostitutes in metro Atlanta. SideBar




ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Five men are accused of forcing young women and girls from Mexico to work as prostitutes in metro Atlanta.

The five were arraigned Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Janet F. King on charges of human trafficking and related offenses.

"We believe that the men would go to Mexico and befriend or seduce the young women tell them they were going to be their boyfriends, once they started dating in Mexico they'd get them to come to the U.S.," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan Coppedge


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Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan Coppedge says the men lured at least 10 victims from Mexico into Metro Atlanta. The men lived in Norcross and Cartersville, but were originally from Mexico and Uruguay.

Federal authorities say teh victims, including four under 18, were lured to the U.S. with promises of jobs or romance, then held in suburban homes and made to perform sex acts with up to 30 men a night at $25 apiece.

Investigators say ICE -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- worked with local authorities to make the arrests.

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement was the lead agency and they had help from Gwinnett and Bartow County local enforcement who saw these things going on in their community and helped conduct surveillance of the men taking women into various homes for prostitution," said Coppedge.

Named in a 31-count indictment were 34-year-old Amador Cortes-Meza; 31-year-old Juan Cortes-Meza; 25-year-old Francisco Cortes-Meza, and 21-year-old Raul Cortes-Meza, all of Mexico and living in Norcross, and 69-year-old Edison Wagner Rosa Tort of Uruguay and living in Cartersville.

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Hi Fed up,

The real question is, "who are the politicians that are availing themselves of these services?"

and...

who are the ones being blackmailed afterward?

...the specific terms of the blacklmail? Why, they have to vote globalist, what else?
Right, senator?

Any congressional staff members reading this website?
Huh? Don't be shy, announce yourself!

Norcross man pleads guilty in sex trafficking
By Mary Lou Pickel

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Thursday, December 25, 2008

A Norcross man is awaiting federal sentencing —- at least 15 years in prison —- for his participation in a sex trafficking ring involving young Mexican women.

Francisco Cortes-Meza, 25, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, pleaded guilty last week to sex trafficking after forcing a 22-year-old woman, also an illegal immigrant, to work as a prostitute from a home in Norcross, according to immigration agents and a statement from David Nahmias, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. The sex trafficking offense carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years.

Cortes-Meza met the young woman in Mexico last year and began a relationship with her, according to Nahmias. He then persuaded her to come to the United States, telling her she would work in a restaurant. He also smuggled her here, according to the statement from Nahmias.

Cortes-Meza’s case is part of a larger indictment handed up in July involving a brother of Cortes-Meza and two other relatives —- all illegal immigrants from Mexico —- as well as a man from Uruguay, who is a legal permanent resident of the United States. All were indicted on sex trafficking charges involving at least 10 victims, ranging in age from 14 to 28 years old, authorities said.

The majority of the prostitution was conducted in Norcross, but the Uruguayan man also ran an operation in Cartersville, said Brock Nicholson, Deputy Special Agent in charge of the Atlanta office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The four other defendants are awaiting trial.

www.ajc.com