Charlotte, NC, United States
Jorge Flores-Rojas, 44, an undocumented Mexican national trafficked two illegal minors between Charlotte, NC and Washington DC, one 17 year old Mexican girl and one 16 year old Honduran girl. He physically assaulted and abused the 16 year old Honduran girl, in order to make her perform the sexual acts. Jorge Flores-Rojas paid other persons to smuggle these victims from Mexico into the United States.
Location
United States · Charlotte, NC · 2008 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Jorge Flores-Rojas was sentenced to 24 years in prison on two counts of sex trafficking of minors and one count of interstate transportation of an adult for purposes of commercial sex. He was also ordered to pay $117,000 in restitution to one of the victims. He will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and will be deported to Mexico upon his release.
No information on how the case was discovered but because of extensive collaboration between ICE, Washington Metropolitan Police and Myrtle Beach Police Department, the investigation was made possible.
Flores-Rojas was ordered to pay restitution to one of the victims. Otherwise, no information on the girls following the sentencing.
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