Two men sentenced in Atlanta for international sex ring
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6:46 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015
Two men were sentenced to 16 and nearly 22 years in prison Thursday for trafficking three young women from Mexico to Atlanta for prostitution.
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“Human trafficking is modern-day slavery — period. No matter the label, the use of violence, intimidation, psychological coercion, deception, or fear to exploit fellow human beings is repugnant,” said Acting Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, the former U.S. Attorney in north Georgia. “The long sentences handed down today are just one of the latest examples of the Justice Department’s unshakable resolve to dismantle human trafficking networks and prosecute those who would commit these unspeakable crimes against some of the most vulnerable in our society.”
The men pleaded guilty in October to three counts of sex trafficking. In early 2006, Rojas-Coyotl lured a young Mexican national using false promises of love, legitimate work and a better life to induce her to travel with him to the United States, according to the indictment and documents filed in court.
But instead, Rojas-Coyotl and Martinez-Rojas used physical violence, threats, intimidation, deception and psychological manipulation to compel her to engage in prostitution in Georgia and Alabama, until she escaped in November 2007, according to the court papers.
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