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    Three Mexican nationals were indicted for sex trafficking and related crimes for conspiring between November 2006 and March 2007 to bring Mexican women into South Carolina for commercial sex, including at least one 14-year old victim. The indictment also charges them with immigration violations including harboring illegal aliens. If convicted, the defendants each face up to life in prison and over $1 million in fines combined. The case is being investigated and prosecuted jointly by various federal and local law enforcement agencies.

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    Three Mexican nationals were indicted for sex trafficking and related crimes for conspiring between November 2006 and March 2007 to bring Mexican women into South Carolina for commercial sex, including at least one 14-year old victim. The indictment also charges them with immigration violations including harboring illegal aliens. If convicted, the defendants each face up to life in prison and over $1 million in fines combined. The case is being investigated and prosecuted jointly by various federal and local law enforcement agencies.

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    Three Mexican nationals were indicted for sex trafficking and related crimes for conspiring between November 2006 and March 2007 to bring Mexican women into South Carolina for commercial sex, including at least one 14-year old victim. The indictment also charges them with immigration violations including harboring illegal aliens. If convicted, the defendants each face up to life in prison and over $1 million in fines combined. The case is being investigated and prosecuted jointly by various federal and local law enforcement agencies.

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRT

    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2007 (202) 514-2007


    WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888

    Three Mexican Nationals Indicted in


    South Carolina Sex Trafficking Case
    WASHINGTON – Three Mexican nationals were indicted yesterday for sex
    trafficking and related crimes, Assistant Attorney General Wan J. Kim of the Civil
    Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Reginald I. Lloyd of the District of South
    Carolina announced.

    According to the 20-count indictment, Jesus Perez-Laguna, Guadalupe Reyes-


    Rivera a.k.a. “Mama Martina,” and Ciro Bustos-Rosales violated federal law by
    conspiring between November 2006 and March 2007 to bring Mexican women into
    South Carolina for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex. The indictment
    alleges that in at least one instance the victim was 14 years old. The indictment also
    charges the defendants with various immigration violations including the harboring
    of illegal aliens.

    “Too often, sex traffickers prey on young women who are brought into the United
    States illegally, thousands of miles from home, and unaware of the U.S. legal
    system or their rights to be free from this form of involuntary servitude,” said
    Assistant Attorney General Kim.

    “The Justice Department takes these charges very seriously and is committed to
    prosecuting those who exploit vulnerable young women lured into this country with
    false promises of a better life,” added U.S. Attorney Lloyd.

    If convicted, the defendants each face a maximum sentence of up to life in prison,


    and a combined fine of over $1 million.

    An indictment is an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and


    until proven guilty.

    The Attorney General has made the prosecution of human trafficking crimes a top
    priority. In the last six fiscal years, the Civil Rights Division, in conjunction with
    U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, has increased by six-fold the number of human trafficking
    cases filed in court.

    The case was investigated by special agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs
    Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and investigators with the
    Columbia (S.C.) Police Department. The case is being jointly prosecuted by
    Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark C. Moore and Tara L. McGregor, and Civil Rights
    Division Trial Attorney Ryan McKinstry.

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    07-643

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