A fourth man has pleaded guilty in the federal court for his part in trafficking three young women from Mexico and Guatemala to Atlanta for prostitution.
Severiano Martinez-Rojas, who is also known as “Negro” and “Gato,” was indicted in the May 2013 but remained as a fugitive until his arrest in Mexico in the November 2015 was made.
The co-defendants used the false promises of love, legitimate work and also a better life to bring three women unlawfully to the United States between the years 2006 and 2008, as per the Department of Justice. Once the three women arrived in Atlanta, the men used violence, threats and also intimidation to compel the young women to engage in the prostitution in Georgia and Alabama.
The high-volume and low-cost business forced the young women to have sex, at the times with upwards of 20 men a night in 15-minute increments, for the payment of $30 to $35, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously.
A Mexican national was lured to America in the early 2006 and escaped in the November 2007 and two Guatemalan women were brought to Atlanta area in the March 2007 and escaped in early 2008.
Arturo Rojas-Coyotl, aged 28, and Odilon Martinez-Rojas, aged 43, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and also alien harboring in the October 2014. They were sentenced to 16 and nearly 22 years in the prison, respectively, and ordered to pay $180,000 as restitution to the victims. A date for sentencing Martinez-Rojas has not been set.
A fourth man, Daniel Garcia-Tepal, also pleaded guilty to alien harboring in the April 2014 and received a sentence of time served.
The men are family members from the Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, as per the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Eight victims from Mexico and also Guatemala were rescued during the course of the investigation, said the agency’s website.
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