United States v. Oscar Mondragon
Palabras clave
Informacíon procesal
1st Instance:
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Reference: Docket number: 05-CR-468
2nd Instance:
Court: U.S. Circuit Court for the 5th Circuit
Date: 2009
Reference: 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 18244 (2009)
Víctima / Demandantes de primera instancia
Acusado / Demandado de primera instancia
resumen de los hechos
Defendants were part of a scheme to smuggle Central American women and girls into the United States. The defendants lured their victims with promises of legal jobs in the United States. Once in the country, however, the victims were forced to work in restaurants, bars and cantinas in the Houston area, and in some instances, were required to respond to the sexual advances of customers. The women were threatened with physical harm or harm to their families if they attempted to escape before paying off their smuggling debt; some were sexually assaulted by the defendants. The money the women made was turned over to the defendants to pay off the victims' debts.
Cargos/Reclamación/Decisión
18 U.S.C. § 1581, 18 U.S.C. § 371
8 U.S.C. § 1324, 18 U.S.C. § 371
8 U.S.C. § 1324, 18 U.S.C. § 371
8 U.S.C. § 1324
18 U.S.C. § 1589
Mondragon plead guilty and then appealed his sentence.
Fuentes/Citas
http://www.law.umich.edu/CLINICAL/HUTRAFFICCASES/Pages/CaseDisp.aspx?caseID=250
Comentarios y Características Significativas
This was a smuggling and human trafficking case. The information is on this defendant’s conviction. He was a part of a larger smuggling operation with at least 7 other actors.