News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Man who led immigrant brothel ring pleads guilty

Feb 10, 2:30 PM EST

(AP) -- A man accused of managing brothels in Texas and Oklahoma as part of a nationwide ring that forced immigrant women into prostitution has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Juan Balderas-Orosco, 34, faces up to 30 years in prison for transportation for prostitution, importation of illegal aliens and conspiracy to smuggle, transport and harbor illegal aliens. He pleaded guilty Friday.

Authorities say the Austin area and Oklahoma city operations Balderas ran were part of a larger ring that included brothels in 13 cities, including ones across Texas, and in Las Vegas, New York City and Atlanta.

The ringleaders sneaked hundreds of women, mostly from Latin America, into the country and forced them to have sex with as many as 40 men a day, many of them also illegal immigrants. They moved the women from brothel to brothel and kept their earnings, according to court documents.

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