3 Mexican Brothers Sentenced for Running Prostitution Ring in U.S.
Three Mexican brothers were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to operate an interstate prostitution ring that relied on women who were smuggled in from Mexico and Central America and coerced into working for the trio.
Gregorio, Jose Luis and Norberto Hernandez-Castilla operated a score of bordellos in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio and provided women to prostitution rings in New York, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Missouri and Florida, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis said.
The brothers, who were living in the United States illegally, managed the criminal enterprise from Indianapolis and Chicago.
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Forced into prostitution to repay the brothers for smuggling them into the United States, the women were moved on a weekly basis between the various locations.
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Brothers Sentenced for Forcing Immigrants Into Prostitution
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The women rarely remained in one place longer than a week, with drivers transporting them to different brothels, the document said. Prosecutors said the women were forced into prostitution to pay off their debt to the brothers for bringing them to the U.S.
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Prosecutors said the prostitution ring catered almost exclusively to legal and undocumented immigrants, and was advertised through business cards bearing phone numbers for auto repair or western wear outfitters that served as contacts for arranging appointments with prostitutes. Each session lasted 10 to 20 minutes and cost between $40 and $50, according to court records.
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“It’s important for the public to know that these women are being forced into prostitution, making them the victims in this terrible situation,” Carpenter said.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Indianapolis say three brothers have been sentenced to prison for running an operation that smuggled women into the United States and forced them into prostitution throughout the Midwest.
Court documents allege the men brought in women from Mexico and Central America and marketed them as prostitutes to Hispanic men in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. Prosecutors say the operation was based in Indianapolis.
Gregorio Hernandez-Castilla of Indianapolis was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to operate an interstate prostitution ring with his two brothers. Jose Luis Hernandez-Castilla of Indianapolis and Norberto Hernandez-Castilla of Addison, Ill., had already pleaded guilty and are serving more than four years on similar charges.
A dozen other defendants face charges in the operation.
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Federal prosecutors in Indianapolis say three brothers have been sentenced to prison for running an operation that smuggled women into the United States and forced them into prostitution throughout the Midwest.
Court documents allege the men brought in women from Mexico and Central America and marketed them as prostitutes to Hispanic men in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. Prosecutors say the operation was based in Indianapolis.
Gregorio Hernandez-Castilla of Indianapolis was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to operate an interstate prostitution ring with his two brothers. Jose Luis Hernandez-Castilla of Indianapolis and Norberto Hernandez-Castilla of Addison, Ill., had already pleaded guilty and are serving more than four years on similar charges.A dozen other defendants face charges in the operation.
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Police said the three brothers, who were illegally residing in the U.S., ran a complex prostitution ring that transported dozens of women on a weekly basis.
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Hogsett: Women Smuggled In, Forced Into Prostitution
Charges Expected In Multi-State Prostitution Ring
POSTED: 8:42 am EDT May 9, 2012
UPDATED: 8:53 am EDT May 9, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana authorities said they’ve busted a multi-state prostitution ring based in Indianapolis.
U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett said those behind the organization would smuggle women into the country from Mexico and Central America and force them into prostitution as a form of payment.
The women were then moved nearly every week, often not discovering their destination until they arrived, and had no means to make money except to continue in prostitution, authorities said.
“A judge has found that leaders of this organization used force or the threat of force to coerce several of these women into cooperating,” Hogsett’s news release read.
Hogsett is expected to release more information at a 1 p.m. news conference.
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Former Royal Spa executive Kevin Roessler filed a federal lawsuit against Robert Dapper, the owner of Royal Spa. The lawsuit states that when Dapper found out Roessler had an open sexual relationship, he began to request an invitation to the swinger events, eventually threatening Roessler’s job if Dapper’s requests to participate in the sexual activities were refused.
The lawsuit states: “fearing for his position at Royal Spa, Kevin eventually relented and secured him an invitation to several of the events.” Dapper started his inappropriate behavior by aggressively demanding sexual favors from Roessler’s wife. (Hensel, 2012) The suit says Dapper came to their home demanding sexual favors with Roessler’s wife.It was not long, however, before Roessler’s wife was not enough to satisfy Dapper, and Dapper demanded that Roessler arrange sexual encounters for dapper and attend what he had arranged. “Although these were consensual sexual encounters,” the lawsuit says, “he felt he was being used as a ‘pimp‘ to acquire sex for Dapper.” (Hensel, 2012)
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You know him from his commercials, but a former employee says Bob Dapper, owner of Royal Spa, fired him after getting involved in his swinging lifestyle. Former Royal Spa executive Kevin Roessler filed a 10-page federal lawsuit, which says that when Dapper found out Roessler had an open sexual relationship, “Dapper began to request that Kevin secure him an invite to these events.”
The lawsuit says Roessler was “very hesitant to do so” but then said Dapper became so “strident” in his demands he threatened Roessler’s job if he didn’t.
Agressive demands
Then it takes a turn. The lawsuit said Dapper began to “display extremely aggressive behavior towards Kevin’s wife” persistent in demanding sexual favors, including that she perform oral and anal sex on him. Using websites, Roessler arranged sexual encounters for Dapper that the lawsuit says Roessler was required to attend. At least one encounter allegedly happened at Royal Spa.
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“Although these were consensual sexual encounters,” the lawsuit says, “he felt he was being used as a ‘pimp‘ to acquire sex for Dapper.”
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Roessler claims that Dapper’s sex-related demands escalated over time and that Dapper asked him to acquire more sexual partners for him.
“Using a variety of websites related to the swinger lifestyle, Kevin would arrange sexual encounters for Dapper,” part of the lawsuit read. “Kevin was required to attend each of these encounters and to initiate sex in front of Dapper.”
Roessler claims in the lawsuit that he was “sickened by the behavior he was being forced to engage in” and that some of the sexual activity involved his wife.
“Although these were consensual sexual encounters, he felt that he was being used as (a) pimp to acquire sex for Dapper,” part of the lawsuit read. “At all times during these events, Kevin was informed by Dapper that his employment would be adversely affected if he failed to comply.”
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… Roessler claims that Dapper became “increasingly obsessed with sex,” and asked him “about acquiring additional sexual partners for him.” Again, Roessler says, he “had significant reservations” and refused, but when “Dapper became more insistent,” he “felt that his employment would be adversely affected if he failed to assist Dapper.”
So, he says, he did. “Kevin was required to attend each of these encounters and to initiate sex in front of Dapper. While Kevin was initiating sex, Dapper would continually comment about the size of Kevin’s penis. Kevin would then be asked to leave the room and Dapper would conclude the sexual encounter. At least one encounter occurred at a Royal Spa location.”
Roessler claims that “he felt uncomfortable and sickened by the behavior he was being forced to engage in. Although these were consensual sexual encounters he felt that he was being used as a ‘pimp‘ to acquire sex for Dapper. At all times during these events, Kevin was informed by Dapper that his employment would be adversely affected if he failed to comply.”
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