MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Three Montgomery residents — Bernabe Carbajal, 37; Andres Hernandez Gomez, 53; and Saul Garrido Eligio, 34 — were indicted for their involvement in an international prostitution ring, officials announced Tuesday.
The ring operated out of an apartment in Montgomery, officials said.
According to court documents, Gomez and Eligio were a part of a ring that conspired to transport females across state-lines for the purpose of prostitution.
The conspiracy took place from 2014 to October 2015 and included the following:
- Using females who were illegal immigrants working as prostitutes at various locations
- Transporting the females from state to state
- Harboring the females in apartments being operated as brothels
- Coordinating meetings between the females and the males who paid for sexual services
- Collecting payment for the sexual services provided by the females.
Evidence shows that an apartment in Montgomery was maintained as a brothel for the females to stay in and engage in prostitution, officials allege.
Specifically, it is also alleged that on Oct. 26 that Carbajal enticed a female to travel with him to the apartment in Montgomery from Georgia to engage in prostitution.
After arriving at the apartment and while Gomez was supervising the brothel, officials said the female engaged in prostitution and provided services to approximately 44 customers over a three-day period.
Gomez’s duties at the brothel included staying at the apartment, overseeing the operations of the brothel, supervising the prostitutes, screening the customers, collecting money from the customers, and reporting the number of customers.
Eligio participated in the conspiracy by traveling to the brothel to pick up money from Gomez and providing condoms to the females when needed.
If convicted of the charges, Carbajal faces up to thirty years in prison, officials said.
Gomez and Eligio are facing up to five years in prison.
Carbajal is in Georgia facing charges there for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to transport a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution.
The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.