A member of a Mexican sex trafficking organization has pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to the sex trafficking of a woman from October 2000 to December 2008 in New York.
The guilty plea was entered before United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto at the U.S. Courthouse in Brooklyn.
Paulino Ramirez-Granados, 38, pleaded guilty to forcing a woman into prostitution in Queens, New York, and elsewhere using threats and violence.
When sentenced, Ramirez-Granados faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
The guilty plea was announced by Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Angel Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Field Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
At today’s proceeding, Ramirez-Granados admitted to bringing a woman from Mexico to New York between October 2000 and December 2008, and forcing her to work as a prostitute in Queens, New York, and elsewhere.
To date, 13 members of the Granados organization have been indicted in the Eastern District of New York on sex trafficking charges. Twelve have been arrested, and one remains a fugitive.
The government’s case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Soumya Dayananda and Jennifer Carapiet.
The Defendant:
Name: PAULINO RAMIREZ-GRANADOS
Age: 38
E.D.N.Y. United States v. Paulino Ramirez-Granados, 11-CR-557 (KAM)
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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