Posted on 01/04/2021 7:05:32 AM PST by Red Badger
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) – Two men were arrested in Santa Rosa County on Wednesday for child human trafficking, deputies announced Thursday. Two children were recovered in the process.
Frank Leija Moreno, 39, and Jackson Perez-Godinez, 21, are charged with human trafficking and human smuggling. They are being held in jail on no bond.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office says deputies pulled over a vehicle on I-10 Wednesday for traffic violations. Moreno and Perez-Godinez were in the front seat and acting "suspicious," according to deputies.
Two boys ages 14 and 17 were in the backseat. Authorities say the boys are citizens of Guatemala who were recently smuggled into the country from Mexico into Texas.
After interviewing both men, deputies arrested them for human trafficking and also recovered the boys.
Deputies say Moreno is a sex offender from Texas, while Perez-Godinez is in the U.S. illegally from Guatemala.
Investigators believe the boys were trafficked into the United States for forced labor.
According to the victims, their families each paid more than $1,000 to be smuggled into America. Each teen was told they had to work to pay off additional travel debt. Agents believe the men were taking the boys to different cities in Central and South Florida.
This is a developing story. Check back here for more updates.
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Cut their F’rkn heads off!
Washing dishes. Cleaning the kitchen? Mopping the floors? How exactly does slave labor work in 2021? If the teenager guys were to escape, would the parents back in Mexico be killed.?
After they get castrated without any pain killers ..
“If the teenager guys were to escape, would the parents back in Mexico be killed.?”
Per the article, the boys are from Guatemala.
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