Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr., 24, allegedly recruited a Mexican migrant laborer bound for farm work in Georgia, brought her to live with him in his mobile home in Jesup, and repeatedly raped her for more than a year after making her believe they’d somehow been married, according to the feds.

All the while, the woman worked at his home, collected pine straw, received wire funds from other worker recruits so Mendoza wouldn’t personally get the payments, and helped with payroll. While the woman was eventually able to flee after being threatened and intimidated, Mendoza tracked her down while she was babysitting children at another home, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia said in a press release last Thursday. Mendoza then allegedly kidnapped her at knifepoint.

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