A Mexican woman legally residing in the U.S. has pleaded guilty to prostituting an underage girl out of her Texas restaurant, according to federal prosecutors.
then used the money to pay down a smuggling debt the girl incurred in order to be brought over from Mexico.tormented and forced young migrant women and girls into sexual acts, acts with Rita’s male patrons,” said U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani for the Southern District of Texas. “No one should have to endure that kind of treatment.”in February 2022 for coercing 10 victims — both adults and minors — to be prostitutes at her business.
Further, Martinez was accused of withholding the women’s access to their children and demanding that they work more to support their kids. Genaro Fuentes, Martinez’s 41-year-old son, also pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking a minor in January. He was accused in the indictment of sexually assaulting the cantina’s prostitutes as well.
Martinez ran the cantina from 2000 to 2019. She faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison for her crimes.
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