Mexican Sex Trafficker Gets 15-Year Sentence After ICE Investigation

A Mexican sex trafficker is facing 15 years in jail after a team at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) exposed his massive network.
An ICE investigation led to the arrest of Hugo Hernandez-Velazquez, who was extradited to the United States from Mexico in February of 2021, according to an ICE press release.
Hernandez-Velazquez pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking and was sentenced on July 10. He will be deported after completing his sentence.
Prosecutors proved in court that Hernandez-Velazquez and his family in Mexico used force, fraud, and coercion to trick young women in Mexico into engaging in prostitution in the U.S. by telling them they had marriage proposals from men living in the U.S. But once the woman made it to America, they were enslaved into the sex trade. The girls were beaten, forced to undergo abortions, often heavily drugged, and were told their families in Mexico were at risk if they did not obey their traffickers.
The organization headed by Hernandez-Velazquez operated in New York, Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
“For nearly a decade, the defendant and his family oversaw a vicious sex trafficking campaign wrought with violence, manipulation, coercion, and outright force against women whom they lured into romantic relationships through false promises of love and support,” said ICE Homeland Security Investigations New York Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patell. “Every day, victims are targeted for human trafficking and other vile forms of exploitation and abuse, often at the hands of their own spouses or purported caretakers. Today’s sentencing is no doubt a direct result of the bravery of each survivor who courageously spoke up. Together with our partners, HSI is unflinchingly committed to investigating and vigorously pursuing anyone, anywhere, who sexually exploits the very individuals they claim to care for.”
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella, Jr., added, “For years, the defendant and his siblings operated an illegal, abusive, and exploitative sex trafficking operation that stripped victims of their dignity and subjected them to inhumane violence. It is my hope that the prosecution of their tormentors and the punishment meted out will provide a measure of closure for the brave survivors who assisted the investigation and will help them on their path to healing.”
This gang and its network are just one example of the wild upswing in prostitution created by the Biden administration with his lax border policies.
Thousands of young women and boys found themselves forced into prostitution to pay back the costs they incurred from coyotes who trafficked them to the U.S. during the Biden years.

https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/07/15/mexican-sex-trafficker-gets-15-year-sentence-after-ice-investigation/

Is EVERY Celebrity, Sports Star, And CEO Into Sex Trafficking?

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-abercrombie-fitch-ceo-mike-jeffries-arrested-sex-trafficking-ch-rcna176555

 Police Arrest 539 People In Week-Long Sex Trafficking Sting.

Police reportedly arrested 539 people in a week-long sex trafficking sting.
Law enforcement reportedly took several suspected sex traffickers into custody and saved various victims in California last week as part of the state’s 10th annual Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, ABC 7 reported.
Authorities arrested 40 suspected “sex traffickers or exploiters” and 271 suspected “sex buyers,” the outlet reported. There were 54 adults and 11 children rescued as part of the statewide initiative, including a 14-year-old girl, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.
“Human trafficking and child exploitation are devastating crimes that prey on some of the most vulnerable members of our community,” Luna said.
More than 95 federal, state and local agencies, including personnel from the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, participated in the anti-human trafficking mission, according to the outlet. It is unknown how many arrests were made in Los Angeles County.
One Los Angeles County operation concluded with the arrest of 12 male suspects, including two registered sex offenders, on suspicion of solicitation of prostitution, Luna said. Task force personnel administered a secret “sex buyer” operation on Holt Avenue in Pomona, which led to the arrests, the outlet reported.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said that his office ensures that victims of sex trafficking are always protected, noting that victims often fear for their safety. Gascón was joined by Luna and representatives from the Los Angeles Police Department, federal Department of Homeland Security and other agencies at a news conference.
Luna said that law enforcement personnel work constantly to catch human traffickers throughout the year as the annual week-long operation, which was conducted during Human Trafficking Awareness Month, came to an end.

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https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/31/report-police-arrest-539-people-sex-traffick-sting/

 ‘Open Sex Markets 24 Hours A Day’: In Wake Of Democrat Backed Law, Prostitution Spreads In California.

Californians are complaining about barely-clothed prostitutes roaming the streets in broad daylight, an issue heightened by Democratic Gov. Newsom signing Senate Bill 357, local officials say.
SB 357, which was authored by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener and backed by the ACLU, decriminalizes “loitering with intent to commit prostitution.” Critics say the law effectively decriminalizes prostitution in California.
National City Mayor Ron Morrison, an independent, recently criticized the law, telling Fox News that prostitutes are now “wearing less than what you would consider a scanty negligee” and “flaunting it in everybody’s face.”
Morrison also said the law, which was signed by Newsom last year, ties the hands of law enforcement, stating that the “moment” the bill was signed “everyone knew the rules were out the window.”
San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit, likewise, told The Daily Wire that the law has “made it extremely difficult” for police to get involved.
“In the past, you know, when we were able to contact women or those involved in sex trafficking, we could use the ‘loitering with intent’ after we watched them. Once they decriminalize that, we really don’t have an entryway into making that contact anymore,” he said during a phone interview.
“What we’re seeing now, is we have these open sex markets, 24 hours a day, 365 days out of the year,” the police chief said.
Morrison claimed police also can’t apprehend these women for indecent exposure, since the way that law is written, if their genitals are covered, they can’t be arrested.
Video footage from the Bay Area and San Diego, in particular, show women walking the streets in g-strings, bras, and high heels, sometimes bending over in traffic, at all times of the day. Residents have routinely complained about the noise, the fighting, the drug use, and how it’s wildly inappropriate for such behavior to be around children. The residents who have spoken out, typically anonymously, also worry for the women selling themselves, fearing they could be sex trafficking victims.
Chief Nisleit said the law emboldens those trafficking women, “specifically younger women,” and makes it “much harder for us to rescue those victims. Just because you decriminalize something, doesn’t mean the impact on the victim, those who are being trafficked, or on the community goes away. In fact, sometimes, like this, it increases.”
Wiener said he drafted the legislation to protect “trans and black and brown women,” whom he claims are harassed by police for their identity.
“Why would we have a criminal law allowing a police officer to arrest you based exclusively on how you look, not on what you do?” Wiener said. “That’s wrong, we shouldn’t have that kind of law on the books. And police have plenty of laws that deal with trafficking and they should be doing more work on addressing trafficking and less time complaining.”
Anti-sex trafficking advocates and local leaders, including both Democrats and Republicans, are currently working to repeal SB357, but thus far those efforts have fallen short. The law continues to have strong support from Democrats in the state Senate. In March, Senate Democrats voted against a repeal effort 29 to 8.

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/open-sex-markets-24-hours-a-day-in-wake-of-dem-backed-law-prostitution-spreads-in-california

Over 100 Survivors Rescued and 160 Arrests Made in North East Ohio Human Trafficking Sting, Including EMTs, Nurses, and Educators. (VIDEO)

(And yet, the soulless, evil Democrats claim the “Sound of Freedom” was merely propaganda …)
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Monday the sweeping success of a weeklong statewide human trafficking operation, aptly named ‘Operation Buyer’s Remorse.’ The operation aimed to arrest individuals attempting to purchase sex and identify survivors of human trafficking.
“Operation Buyer’s Remorse” is a weeklong statewide human trafficking crackdown in Ohio. The operation was led by the Southeastern Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force and local law enforcement agencies.
“Law enforcement across Ohio teamed up in a concerted effort to stem the demand that fuels human trafficking,” Yost said in a press release
“The success of this operation is measured not only by the number of arrests but also by the resources offered to survivors of human trafficking and the intelligence gathered that will propel long-term investigations forward.”
Last week, reports indicated a massive increase in the number of children going missing in Ohio.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Icf44qLZU

“Our message is simple: Don’t buy sex in Ohio!” Yost concluded.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/100-survivors-rescued-160-arrests-made-north-east/