{"id":58773,"date":"2025-04-21T19:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58773"},"modified":"2025-04-21T19:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:10:10","slug":"federal-jury-indicts-couple-for-alleged-forced-labor-involving-seven-undocumented-boys-and-young-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58773","title":{"rendered":"Federal Jury Indicts Couple for Alleged Forced Labor Involving Seven Undocumented Boys and Young Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"350\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A federal indictment unsealed in Madison, Wisconsin, charges Luis Abreu, 50, with seven counts each of forced labor and alien harboring, plus conspiracy to commit forced labor. His wife, Cybell Abreu, 50, faces seven counts of forced labor and the same conspiracy charge, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"614\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Prosecutors allege that between 2015 and 2018, the Abreus used threats and legal intimidation to force seven undocumented boys and young men into labor. Luis Abreu also allegedly harbored them for personal financial gain, knowing they were in the U.S. illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"902\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">The couple appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge on April 21. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"902\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Forced labor charges carry up to 20 years in prison, while harboring undocumented individuals for profit can bring up to 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal indictment unsealed in Madison, Wisconsin, charges Luis Abreu, 50, with seven counts each of forced labor and alien harboring, plus conspiracy to commit forced labor. 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