Three brothers sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court for international sex trafficking
Three brothers were recently sentenced in Brooklyn’s federal court for the Eastern District of New York to lengthy prison terms after they pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges.
Benito Lopez-Perez and Anastasio Romero-Perez were sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release. Jose Gabino Barrientos-Perez was sentenced to 10 years and one month of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release.
The defendants, who are Mexican nationals, transported Mexican females from Mexico to the United States illegally, forcing them to work as prostitutes in New York City and elsewhere. The sex trafficking involved at least four victims, and the defendants used various methods to force these women and girls to work as prostitutes, ranging from abduction, rape, assault and threats of violence to psychological coercion.