On Monday, U.S. District Judge Randy Crane sentenced Tereso Olivo, 54, to 15 months in federal prison without parole and two years of supervised release on human smuggling charges.
In Spanish, Nancy Olivo, 43, then implored the judge: “I ask, your honor, to have leniency on me for the sake of my children. I know I was wrong.”
She was sentenced to two years of probation with six months of house arrest. An illegal alien herself, Olivo is scheduled for deportation proceedings after she serves her sentence.
Three months ago, the couple pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens who worked as barmaids and prostitutes at their bar (El Centenario) just outside Mission, Texas.
Last April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission agents raided the bar, after receiving a tip that the couple was smuggling women and forcing them into prostitution.
According to investigators, at least eight illegal aliens worked at the bar, with three of them living at an apartment owned by the Olivos.
All of the illegal alien barmaids/prostitutes have been deported back to Mexico.
According to Jerry Robinette, the head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement in South Texas, human trafficking for the purpose of prostitution is on the rise in the region.
In September, Beleal Garcia Gonzalez was found guilty on three counts of sex trafficking and conspiracy and six counts of harboring illegal aliens.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Gonzalez lured three Honduran minors here to work in his Mission bar, promising them waitress jobs at a salary of $700 a week.
However, upon arrival, the girls-- ages 14, 15, and 17--were forced to sit in the bar with older men, and have sex with them. Gonzalez then informed them that they would only be paid $120 a week for their services, and that each of them owed him $4,500 in smuggling fees.
The girls were forced to split their time between the Bar El Paraiso and a nearby stash house.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found the teenagers walking home from the bar one morning in January 2010, wearing skimpy clothing, and took them into custody.
Thanks to an unprotected border, we now have prostitution rings engaging in kidnapping and human trafficking operating throughout the in U.S.
Read more about this growing problem: http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/illegal-alien-sex-slavery-operation-discovered-south-carolina
Comments
And all with the approval of Washington.
How despicable. This is exactly what the "TeaParty" means by "taking our country back".
Mexicans are turning the U.S. into Mexico!
California is nearly destroyed or is it?
Looks like Mexico in many area's they are taking over.
"In Spanish, Nancy Olivo, 43, then implored the judge: “I ask, your honor, to have leniency on me for the sake of my children. I know I was wrong.”
She was sentenced to two years of probation with six months of house arrest. An illegal alien herself, Olivo is scheduled for deportation proceedings after she serves her sentence."
They always know they are wrong! But they are here!
Like this witch will stay put. She has nothing to lose by
going to another state. Who is she fooling?
It seems to me these people got a very light sentence. The crimes here are not minor and could have cost others their lives. I just cannot believe how easy our government is on illegal aliens AND politicians! Also think about the chance that these girls who are brought into the U.S. to be prostitutes could be carrying disease such as AIDS and spreading it. Who pays the bills then? WE DO!
"Texas bar owners sentenced for hiring illegal alien barmaids/prostitutes"
GOOD!
Damn those illegals! Taking away prostitute jobs from Patriotic American Prostitutes!
How does one get 15 months then deported while serving a 2 year probation? She is not going to be in the country any longer, or does she get to stay here in the US while she serves probation period?
She should have received 40 years, seizure of all belongings to be sold at public auction.
These illegal invaders are just as greedy as the criminal employers that hire them. In 2008 it was reported that 300,000 children were working farm jobs in violation of Mexico's child labor laws. I guess they were just doing jobs that adults down there would not do, specially with the U.S. border so close and easy.
If the farm is owned by the family the children can work the farm...JUST LIKE IN THE USA...guess what? The children can even drive the tractors in BOTH COUNTRIES!
Apples and oranges, Sam. Those kids were hired.
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