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Mother, son convicted of harboring illegal immigrant
By LISE OLSEN
July 27, 2009, 8:29PM

A mother and son connected with Houston cantinas that have been repeatedly identified by federal agents as centers for sex trafficking were convicted of harboring an illegal immigrant last week in federal court.

U.S. District Judge Sim Lake also entered a preliminary order of forfeiture of their house located at 1320 Jennifer Lane in Jacinto City. In March 2008, Jacinto City police officers rescued a teenage girl who claimed to have been held for months at the house against her will.

Gregoria Vasquez-Salgado and her son, David Salazar, both entered pleas of guilty Friday to harboring an illegal alien, according to federal court records. Vasquez, 59, is Mexican; Salazar, 28, is a United States citizen.

On March 7, 2008, Jacinto City police officers entered the Jennifer Lane home and made contact with the teenager, who repeatedly called 911 for help but had been unable to supply her address.

Salazar and Vasquez-Salgado both were initially charged with kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault of a child in Harris County in that case, but the state charges were dropped in December 2008. According to state court documents, the girl claimed to have been duped by Salazar into coming illegally from Mexico to the United States and then being forced to work as a sex slave at their Houston cantina, El Club Guerrero, on Wallisville Road.

Vasquez-Salgado, however, claimed the 16-year-old was her 28-year-old son's girlfriend. Both she and her son denied abusing the girl, but admitted to Jacinto City police officers that the girl had been brought illegally from Mexico, state and federal court records show.

On May 7, 2009, Vasquez-Salgado and Salazar were indicted by a federal grand jury for harboring an illegal alien. Vasquez-Salgado, who has lived for years in Houston, already had been charged with entering the United States illegally. A day later, on May 8, Vasquez-Salgado was sentenced to 12 months in prison for her own immigration violations. Agents arrested her son on when he arrived at the federal courthouse to attend his mother's sentencing.

Vasquez-Salgado remains in custody; Salazar is out on bond. Both are expected to be sentenced on charges of illegally harboring the girl on Oct. 16.

lise.olsen@chron.com


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Gregoria Vasquez-Salgado and her son, David Salazar, both entered pleas of guilty Friday to harboring an illegal alien, according to federal court records. Vasquez, 59, is Mexican; Salazar, 28, is a United States citizen.

And to think criminal trash like Gregoria Vasquez-Salgado would be rewarded with amnesty ( who knows, she still might with these traitors in charge) if obama has his way! The thought alone should be enough to make anyone physically ill!

Both she and her anchor baby criminal son need to be deported!

Mother is an ILLEGAL, son is an Anchor Baby, will the "family values" never stop after the ILLEGALS cross our National Borders.

The south of the Border ILLEGAL invaders are moving North along with their "family values" our past President often proudly stated. Again and again he stated the U.S. was lucky that the ILLEGALS didn't leave their family values south of the Border while they continue to invade the United States. Of course he failed to mention all of the murders, drugs, rapes and various other values the ILLEGAL invasion would produce. The violence will scurry North into our Nation the same as the ILLEGAL invaders have been successful in accomplishing; but not to worry the Special Interest Groups and Political Contributors will continue to prosper with their cheap labor furnished to the ILLEGAL EMPLOYERS by the ILLEGAL invaders.

Mother, son get 27 months for harboring immigrant
By SUSAN CARROLL Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Dec. 17, 2009, 8:24PM

A mother and son were each sentenced to 27 months in prison on Thursday and forced to forfeit their home for harboring a 16-year-old girl who was smuggled into the United States from Mexico.

U.S. District Judge Sim Lake sentenced Gregoria Vasquez-Salgado, 59, and her son, 28-year-old David Salazar, to identical prison terms for a federal charge of harboring an illegal immigrant. Vasquez-Salgado is subject to deportation to Mexico when she completes her sentence because she is in the country illegally. She was given nine months credit for time already served.

The pair was arrested after San Jacinto police traced a 911 call to their home in March 2008 and found a teenage girl from Mexico who said she had been held captive .

“I apologize for what I did,â€

Salazar and Vasquez-Salgado originally were charged with kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault of a child in Harris County in the case, but those charges were dropped in December 2008.

WHY?

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

Salazar and Vasquez-Salgado originally were charged with kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault of a child in Harris County in the case, but those charges were dropped in December 2008.

WHY?

They claimed she was his girlfriend. I'm pretty sure the sex trafficking charge is much tougher.

Dixie