Texas Couple Sentenced for Forcing Illegal Immigrant to Work Without Pay
Published on June 26, 2024
Two South Texas residents were sentenced on June 24 after pleading guilty to benefiting from forced labor after forcing an illegal immigrant to work at a fireworks stand and as a nanny without pay. Eduardo Javier Gomez, 32, and his former partner Margarita Alvarez, 40, both of Edinburg, Texas, were sentenced after it was discovered they had been forcing a woman to work without pay from June 24 to July 8, 2021, after her family attempted to illegally smuggle her into the country. Mr. Gomez was ordered to serve 70 months in prison and Ms. Alvarez to two years of probation, U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani announced Monday....