

4 that in order to pay off the smuggling debt she had to work as a prostitute. Upon their arrival, Lira-Robles told Jane Doe No. 1, Lira-Robles began a romantic relationship with Jane Doe No. Similar to his relationship with Jane Doe No. 1 worked for Lira-Robles in New York and Boston from 2001 to 2010 and gave all the prostitution proceeds to him.ĭuring the same time period as his involvement with Jane Doe No.

As a result of the defendant’s violence towards her, Jane Doe No. 1 stated that she did not want to work as a prostitute, to which Lira-Robles responded by physically assaulting her. In June 2000, Lira-Robles and Jane Doe No. 1, through threats and physical violence, to begin prostituting in Mexico City. 1 became pregnant and Lira-Robles forced her to abort the child. 1 in Tenancingo, Mexico, soon began a relationship with her and moved her into his parents’ home. In 1999, Lira-Robles recruited Jane Doe No. Lira-Robles’ conduct towards both of these victims shows the same pattern of criminal conduct and abuse. Lira-Robles was responsible for the sex trafficking of Jane Doe No. For each of the victims, the organization kept all of the proceeds from the prostitution. Once in the United States, the organization forced victims into prostitution by threats, coercion and violence. Each of these victims was transported by a member of the organization, with the intent that they would engage in prostitution. As part of the trafficking scheme engaged in by the organization, Lira-Robles and his co-conspirators started romantic relationships with females in Mexico and then lured them to the United States with the false promise of a better life. Over approximately 10 years, Lira-Robles was a member of the Granados-Hernandez sex trafficking organization. 19, 2013, Lira-Robles pleaded guilty to one count of a superseding indictment, which charged that between October 2000 and April 2011, he smuggled a victim from Mexico illegally into the United States and forced her to engage in prostitution. In addition to the 188 months imprisonment, Antonio Lira-Robles, 38, of Mexico, was sentenced to five years supervised release, for the sex trafficking of one victim, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of approximately $1.2 million. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. The sentencing stems from an investigation by U.S. NEW YORK - A member of the Granados-Hernandez sex trafficking organization was sentenced to 188 months in prison Wednesday.
