Doin the jobs Americans won't do...............................

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By The Associated Press
Sat February 10, 2007

AUSTIN - A man accused of managing brothels in the Austin area and Oklahoma City that used smuggled immigrant women pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Juan Balderas-Orosco, 34, faces up to 30 years in prison for transportation for prostitution, importation of illegal aliens and conspiracy to smuggle, transport and harbor illegal aliens. He pleaded guilty Friday.

Authorities say the Austin and Oklahoma city operations Balderas ran were part of a larger ring that included brothels in 13 cities, including ones across Texas, and in Las Vegas, New York City and Atlanta.

The ringleaders sneaked hundreds of women into the country and forced them to have sex with as many as 40 men a day, many of them illegal immigrants. They moved the women from brothel to brothel and kept their earnings, according to court documents.

"The prostitutes reported they were not free to leave the brothels on their own, and the brothel operators were usually armed with firearms," according to a court document.

In 2002, immigration agents and Austin police raided a house, which they later said was a brothel run by Balderas.

Balderas was captured last year. He is the lead defendant in an indictment that charges 12 people with smuggling and prostitution crimes. Seven have pleaded guilty in the case, including Mohammad Arami, who pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Three defendants are at large, including a woman accused of running the brothel ring.

Maria Camacho-Teran, considered one of the top leaders of the brothel ring, was arrested in December. Her case is pending.