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\"\"<\/span>Three Cubans were sentenced for sex trafficking and related crimes in strip clubs in Houston, officials stated Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rasiel Gutierrez Moreno, 38, Hendry Jimenez Milanes, 39, and Rafael Mendoza Labrada, 29, were each sentenced to 17 years in prison, ten years in prison, and two years and ten months, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gutierrez Moreno pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and interstate travel in aid of racketeering on Oct. 28, 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n

As part of his plea agreement, Gutierrez Moreno admitted to bringing women from Cuba to the U.S. and imposing inflated smuggling debts as high as $30,000 on them. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Gutierrez Moreno forced the women to work in Houston-area strip clubs, such as Michaels\u2019 International, where they danced and engaged in commercial sex acts with club patrons, providing all the proceeds to Gutierrez Moreno to pay down their debt. <\/span><\/p>\n

Officials stated that the defendant further acknowledged smuggling and imposing debts to coerce about 20 other women in this manner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gutierrez Moreno admitted that, to keep Victim 1 under his control while she worked for him, he bragged about his acts of violence against other women and their families, according to the evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

On one occasion, Gutierrez Moreno beat another woman shortly before Victim 1 arrived at his home and ensured that Victim 1 observed that woman\u2019s injuries. When Victim 1 escaped Gutierrez Moreno, the defendant contacted her family in both Miami and Cuba to demand that she return to work and finish paying her debt to him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jimenez Milanes pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement on Jan. 10, 2022, and Mendoza Labrada pleaded guilty on April 30, 2021, to interstate travel in aid of racketeering.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThese human\u00a0smugglers terrorized female migrants, using Houston\u2019s strip clubs combined with psychological\u00a0threats and sexual violence\u00a0for their personal financial gain,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani for the Southern District of Texas. \u201cThe victims came to the United States in search of a new life, were especially vulnerable, and the defendants took advantage of that. The sentences imposed today send a strong message that the Southern District of Texas will not tolerate those who smuggle, threaten and abuse the vulnerable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe court\u2019s sentence today sends a strong message: The Diplomatic Security Service is committed to making sure that those who commit sex trafficking face consequences for their criminal actions,\u201d said\u00a0Special Agent in Charge John Keith of the Department of State\u2019s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Houston Field Office. \u201cDSS\u2019 strong relationship with the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies around the world continues to be essential in the pursuit of justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri Zack for the Southern District of Texas and Trial Attorney Kate Hill of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you believe you or someone you know may be a victim of human trafficking, call local law enforcement or the 24\/7 confidential\u00a0National Human Trafficking Hotline<\/a>\u00a0at 1-888-373-7888.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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