Nine Venezuelan nationals pleaded guilty in a family-run sex trafficking ring that forced smuggled women into prostitution in the Nashville area.
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Nine Venezuelan nationals have pleaded guilty for their roles in what federal prosecutors described as a family-run sex trafficking ring that lured vulnerable women to the U.S. with promises of jobs before forcing them into prostitutionannounced Thursday that members of the organization recruited women in Venezuela, arranged for them to be smuggled into the U.S. and then transported them to Nashville. Once there, prosecutors said the victims were told they owed inflated smuggling debts that could only be repaid through commercial sex acts.
According to court documents, women who refused were threatened with violence against themselves and relatives still living in Venezuela. EXCLUSIVE: GUATEMALAN NATIONALS PLEAD GUILTY TO HORRIFIC HUMAN SMUGGLING CRASH THAT KILLED 56, INJURED 100+ A Super 8 motel in Nashville identified in court documents as one of the locations where federal prosecutors say members of a Venezuelan sex trafficking ring operated.
Authorities identified Yilibeth Carmen Rivero-de Caldera and her son, Kleiver Daniel Mota Rivero, as the leaders of the operation, claiming they enlisted relatives and associates to help run the scheme. Investigators said Rivero, Mota and co-defendant Ramon De Jesus Velasquez Martinez used firearms and threats of violence to intimidate victims. Prosecutors also alleged Mota claimed ties to"Human smuggling and trafficking operations represent a dangerous convergence of exploitation and lawlessness," Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva wrote in a statement.
"These perpetrators profited off human suffering while chipping away at the integrity of our border. These convictions show that protecting vulnerable individuals and securing our border are not competing goals.
"An exterior view of a Super 8 motel in Nashville identified in court documents as one of the locations federal prosecutors say was used in the sex trafficking scheme. A SoMaTel motel in Nashville identified in court documents as one of the locations federal prosecutors say was used in the sex trafficking scheme. Fox News Digital has reached out to Homeland Security Investigations and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for additional information.
Brittany Miller is a Fox News Digital breaking news writer and former Independent reporter who graduated from Syracuse University in 2023.
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