All three defendants were undocumented immigrants from Mexico who pled guilty to sex trafficking and smuggling charges. Defendant Domingo Gonzalez-Garcia smuggled his wife from Mexico into the United States in 2001 for the purposes of prostituting her. He and his co-defendants conducted this scheme in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. His brother, Defendant Evodio Gonzalez-Garcia, and his nephew, Defendant Oscar Romero-Gonzalez, also pled guilty to the same charges.
1st Instance: Court: United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Date of decision: 2004
Reference: Docket number: 2:04-CR-44
Domingo Gonzalez-Garcia pled guilty to smuggling and sex trafficking charges.
Evodio Gonzalez-Garcia pled guilty to smuggling and sex trafficking charges.
Oscar Romero-Gonzalez pled guilty to smuggling and sex trafficking charges.
18 U.S.C. 1591
18 U.S.C. 1324
18 U.S.C. 1591
18 U.S.C. 1324
18 U.S.C. 1591
18 U.S.C. 1324
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
https://www.law.umich.edu/clinical/HuTrafficCases/Pages/CaseDisp.aspx?caseID=232
This case was a charged as both a smuggling and human trafficking case.