Between 1991 and 2004, Josue Flores Carreto, Gerardo Flores Carreto, and Daniel Perez Alonso, were members of a criminal organization that obliged young Mexican women into prostitution through force, fraud, and coercion. The men recruited young, uneducated women, from impoverished backgrounds from Mexico, smuggled them to the United States, and forced them to engage in prostitution in the New York City metropolitan area. The men physically and sexually assaulted their victims, used threats of physical harm and restraint in order to force the women to commit acts of prostitution. The women were beaten for hiding money, disobeying their orders, and failing to earn enough money. The defendants and their associates confiscated all of the victim’s earnings. On November 16, 2004, a federal grand jury returned a 27-count indictment, charging Josue Flores Carreto, Gerardo Flores Carreto, Daniel Perez Alonso, Defendant 5, Consuelo Carreto Valencia, and Maria De Los Angeles Velasquez Reyes with multiple offenses including conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; sex trafficking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591; transporting for prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421; importation of an alien for immoral purposes, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1328; and alien smuggling, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324. Two other members of the criminal organization, Eloy Carreto Reyes, and Edith Mosquera de Flores, were charged separately.
On April 5, 2005, defendants [Josue Flores Carreto, Gerardo Flores Carreto, and Daniel Perez Alonso] pleaded guilty, just prior to trial, to charges arising from forcing young Mexican women into prostitution in brothels throughout the New York City metropolitan area, including Queens and Brooklyn.
Josue Flores Carreto pleaded guilty to all 27 counts of the indictment on April 5, 2005, and was then was sentenced to 50 years in prison based on his guilty pleas.
Gerardo Flores Carreto pleaded guilty to all 27 counts of the indictment on April 5, 2005, and was sentenced to 50 years in prison based on his guilty pleas.
Daniel Perez Alonso pleaded guilty to all 27 counts of the indictment on April 5, 2005, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison based on his guilty pleas.
Edith Mosquera de Flores pleaded guilty to conspiracy on November 12, 2004, and was sentenced to 27 months in prison.
Defendant 5 pleaded guilty to sex trafficking crimes on December 22, 2004, and was sentenced to 80 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release.
Eloy Carreto Reyes pleaded guilty to sex trafficking crimes on November 22, 2004, and is still pending sentencing.
Consuelo Carreto Valencia pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, and coercion on July 22, 2008, and was sentenced to 121 months imprisonment.
Title 18, the United States Code, Section 371
Multiple Offenses
Sex Trafficking
Transportation for Prostitution
Importation of an Alien for Immoral Purpose
Alien Smuggling
Multiple Offenses
Sex Trafficking
Transportation for Prostitution
Importation of an Alien for Immoral Purpose
Alien Smuggling
Multiple Offenses
Sex Trafficking
Transportation for Prostitution
Importation of an Alien for Immoral Purpose
Alien Smuggling
Conspiracy
Multiple Offenses
Sex Trafficking
Transportation for Prostitution
Importation of an Alien for Immoral Purpose
Alien Smuggling
With an additional 5 years of supervised release
Sex Trafficking
Multiple Offenses
Sex Trafficking
Transportation for Prostitution
Importation of an Alien for Immoral Purpose
Alien Smuggling
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York