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 Post subject: Human trafficking ring busted on Indianapolis northwest side
PostPosted: Wed May 04, 2011 1:12 pm 
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Federal authorities plan to announce Wednesday afternoon, the bust of a major multi-state human trafficking ring which allegedly brought women in from across U.S. borders to work as prostitutes serving the Hispanic community on the northwest side of Indianapolis.

12:54 p.m. EDT, May 4, 2011
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Indianapolis— Federal authorities plan to announce Wednesday afternoon, the bust of a major multi-state human trafficking ring which allegedly brought women in from across U.S. borders to work as prostitutes serving the Hispanic community on the northwest side of Indianapolis.

Seven people (four men and three women) appeared in Federal Magistrate Kennard Foster's courtroom Tuesday morning. There were 16 people listed in arrest warrants taken as police and federal agents conducted nine search warrants on Tuesday. It was revealed in court Tuesday that other suspects remain as fugitives and some were taken into custody in other jurisdictions.

The charges involve conspiracy and racketeering. According to a federal public defender, those charges may lead to more serious allegations once the case is presented before a grand jury. The case apparently lies on extensive wiretap evidence. One woman, Solangel Estrella, was advised she will face state charges of obstruction of justice and being an accessory after the fact for allegedly calling another suspect to warn that person as the raid on a west side location was going down.

Agents from the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force were present in the courtroom during the initial hearing. The two separate raids began at 2 p.m. Tuesday as officers and agents representing the FBI and backed up by IMPD departed the metro police northwest district headquarters near Lafayette Square Mall in caravans of 8-10 vehicles, including a truck packed with heavily armed and armored federal agents.


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 Post subject: Re: Human trafficking ring busted on Indianapolis northwest side
PostPosted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:21 pm 
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The last paragraph of this article shows how 287g and the clear act will work in Indiana.


http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/ma ... ution-ring

16 charged in large prostitution ring
Updated: Wednesday, 04 May 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 04 May 2011, 3:00 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) -

Nineteen people were arrested as the result of a bust of a multi-state prostitution ring that targeted the Hispanic community, U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced Wednesday.

Officials announced women and girls were being smuggled in from South and Central America to serve as prostitutes in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Those girls are now being processed by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement branch of the Department of Homeland Security.

Hogsett said the ring operated out of Indianapolis over the course of several years. Run by three brothers, the group would move the girls between houses on a near-weekly basis, Hogsett told the media.

The group apparently operated by distributing business cards with advertisements and phone numbers for auto repair or western wear stores. The cards were known within the Hispanic community as containing contact numbers for arranging appointments with prostitutes, Hogsett said.

Each such appointment, referred to as a "ticket", cost between $40 and $50.

In all, 16 defendants were charged with conspiracy to use interstate/foreign travel in the aid of racketeering enterprises.

The criminal complaint alleges the houses of prostitution were managed by Hector Elizalde-Hernandez, Javier Aguilera-Sanchez, Fredy Arnulfo Valle-Soto, Jorge Armando Rodriguez-Sanchez, Jose Mejia, Santos Nunez, and Elvin Herrara.

The arrests stem from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security (Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal), the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, the Addison, Illinois Police Department, and others


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