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\"\"Domingo Francisco-Juan, 44, was sentenced Monday to life in prison for kidnapping, forced labor, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping and forced labor, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

The court also ordered Francisco-Juan to pay $50,000 in restitution to a victim. <\/span><\/p>\n

His codefendant, Lorenza Domingo-Castaneda, 35, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for forced labor and conspiracy to commit forced labor and also ordered to pay over $80,000 in restitution to three victims, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"A third defendant, Catarina Domingo-Juan, 41, was previously sentenced on Dec. 18, 2023, to 20 years in prison for forced labor and conspiracy to commit forced labor, and was ordered to pay over $80,000 in restitution to three victims. <\/span><\/p>\n

All three defendants are siblings and Guatemalan nationals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cForced labor crimes exploit children and some of the most vulnerable members of society and strike at the heart of human dignity,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cFrancisco-Juan\u2019s sentence is historic, marking the first life sentence in over a decade in a forced labor case under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. These victims, two of them children, were subjected to physical and sexual abuse to compel them to work as domestic servants, hotel maids and factory laborers. We are grateful to the survivors of these crimes for their tremendous courage in coming forward and reporting the violence and abuse they suffered.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s sentences shine a bright light on the very real presence of forced labor crimes in our communities,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Sean Fitzgerald of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, the defendants, who are siblings, conspired to bring one minor victim from Guatemala to the United States to work in Domingo-Castaneda and Domingo-Juan\u2019s homes between December 2015 and January 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n

Francisco-Juan accompanied the minor victim into the United States after falsely assuring the victim\u2019s mother that the victim would receive a better education and opportunities within the United States if permitted to travel with him. <\/span><\/p>\n

Domingo-Juan took custody of the minor victim after falsely claiming to government officials that she was the minor victim\u2019s relative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of providing the minor victim with access to an education and better opportunities within the United States, the defendants cut off the minor victim from her family. <\/span><\/p>\n

They compelled her to work around the clock for their benefit. <\/span><\/p>\n

Domingo-Castaneda and Domingo-Juan took the money that the minor victim earned working outside of their homes, and Francisco-Juan benefitted by receiving the victim\u2019s domestic services around the homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Court documents also show that Domingo-Castaneda and Domingo-Juan conspired to compel the labor and services of a separate minor victim and an adult victim in their homes and in area businesses between December 2018 and March 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n

Similar to the first minor victim, Domingo-Castaneda used false promises of a better life and education within the United States to lure the minor victim away from her mother and entice her into traveling to the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of following through with her promises, Domingo-Castaneda, along with Domingo-Juan, compelled the minor victim and the adult victim to provide domestic services around their homes and required both victims to give them all of the earnings they made while working at area businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case, with assistance from the Champaign Police Department, Champaign County Sheriff\u2019s Office, U.S. Marshals Service and Champaign County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorney Kate Alexander of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Freres for the Central District of Illinois prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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