Washington farm contractor faces trafficking, labor charges

3 Indicted for Allegedly Trafficking Mexican Workers in Visa Scheme

Three individuals were charged with trafficking Mexican workers into forced labor at farms in Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Feb. 23. A federal grand jury delivered the 35-count indictment, which was unsealed on Feb. 20, accusing the defendants of exploiting an immigrant work visa program and subjecting the victims to inhumane conditions, according to a DOJ statement. The H-2A visa program all…

Washington farm contractor faces trafficking, labor charges

WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) -- A Washington farm labor contractor is among those charged with trafficking farmworkers into forced labor and harboring them in the United States. According to court documents, 42-year-old Martha Zeferino Jose owned and operated the Washington-based farm labor contracting company Las Princesas Corporation and recruited workers from Mexico to come to the [...]

Feds Charge Trio For 'Servitude' Of Farmworkers Across North Carolina, Virginia, And Florida - Tampa Free Press

A federal grand jury has unsealed a 35-count indictment against three Mexican citizens accused of running a sophisticated human trafficking and forced labor operation that spanned three states. The charges, made public Friday, allege that the defendants used the H-2A agricultural visa program as a front to lure vulnerable workers into the United States, only […] Feds Charge Trio For ‘Servitude’ Of Farmworkers Across North Carolina, Virginia, And…

Washington, N.C.-based labor contractor charged in federal forced labor case

A Washington-based farm labor contractor and two others have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of trafficking Mexican agricultural workers into for

Federal grand jury charges four in massive H-2A visa fraud and labor exploitation scheme

YAKIMA – A federal grand jury has charged four individuals from Yakima and Tri-Cities in a 51-count indictment for allegedly orchestrating a massive fraud scheme involving the H-2A agricultural worker visa program, federal prosecutors announced. The defendants – Francisco Rodriguez Martel, Esmeralda Rodriguez, and Erica Cisneros of the Tri-Cities, along with Giovanna Sierra Carrillo of Yakima – operated a farm labor contract business known as “H…

Mexican Nationals Arrested for Visa Fraud, Other Charges

A federal grand jury returned a 35-count indictment, unsealed Friday, charging three Mexican citizens for trafficking Mexican farmworkers into forced labor and harboring them in the United States after their