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NEW YORK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Five defendants were arraigned in federal court Thursday after being extradited from Mexico on charges of sex trafficking, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jovan Rendon-Reyes, aka Jovani,<\/strong> 32; Guillermina Rendon-Reyes<\/strong>, 44; Jose Rendon-Garcia, aka Gusano<\/strong>, 32; Felix Rojas<\/strong>, 45; and Severiano Martinez-Rojas<\/strong>, 50, were arraigned in federal court.<\/span><\/p>\n

The five were named in a 27-count indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The indictment, which was unsealed on Nov. 19, 2015, charges eight defendants with racketeering and racketeering conspiracy involving predicate acts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; sex trafficking of minors; interstate prostitution; alien smuggling; money laundering and related offenses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Three co-defendants charged in the same indictment, Saul Rendon-Reyes, aka Satanico<\/strong>, 37; Francisco Rendon-Reyes, aka Pancho<\/strong>, 27; and Odilon Martinez-Rojas, aka Chino<\/strong> and Saul, 44, were arraigned on Nov. 19, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHuman trafficking is a heinous crime that preys upon the most vulnerable members of our society,\u201d said Attorney General Loretta Lynch.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Adding, \u201cToday, as part of the Department of Justice\u2019s ongoing efforts to end this appalling practice, we are proud to announce the extradition of five Mexican traffickers who smuggled women and girls into the United States as sex slaves.\u00a0 Our action would not be possible without the close cooperation of our partners in Mexican law enforcement, and I want to thank them for their ongoing commitment to working together to uphold the rule of law in both of our countries.\u00a0 Going forward, we will continue to stand with Mexico \u2013 and with all of our international partners \u2013 to end human trafficking and to bring all those who facilitate this crime to justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The indictment alleges that the defendants were members of an international criminal organization, identified in the indictment as the Rendon-Reyes Trafficking Organization, which engaged in sex trafficking and related criminal activity between December 2004 and June 2014 in Queens, New York; Atlanta; and Jemison, Alabama, among other locations.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the allegations in the indictment, the defendants used force, threats of force, fraud and coercion to cause young women and girls from Mexico and Latin America to engage in prostitution in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe extradition of these five defendants is an important step in our effort to bring some sense of closure to the victims of this terrible crime, and a testament to our resolve to end human trafficking,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2009, the Department of Justice and HSI have collaborated with Mexican law enforcement counterparts in a Bilateral Human Trafficking Enforcement Initiative aimed at strengthening high-impact prosecutions under both U.S. and Mexican law.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The initiative is aimed at dismantling human trafficking networks operating across the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing human traffickers to justice, reuniting victims with their children and restoring the rights and dignity of human trafficking victims, held under the trafficking networks\u2019 control.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

These efforts have resulted in successful prosecutions in both Mexico and the United States, including U.S. federal prosecutions of more than 50 defendants in multiple cases in New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas since 2009, and numerous Mexican federal and state prosecutions of associated sex traffickers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The extraditions in this case are the latest development in the New York\u2019s comprehensive anti-trafficking program, which has to date indicted more than 65 defendants in sex trafficking cases and helped more than 130 victims, including 36 minors.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, 18 children have been reunited with their victim-mothers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

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