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What happened
Workers from Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico were fraudulently recruited through the H-2A agricultural visa program and brought to the United States. Workers were subjected to forced agricultural labor for little or no pay, charged illegal fees, housed in crowded and unsanitary conditions, and threatened with violence and deportation. Accused: Honduran recruitment agencies and US labor brokers.
Response and intervention
Honduran Ministry of Labour. Some agencies sanctioned; transnational prosecution challenges. Casa Alianza Honduras.