The leader of a family-run sex trafficking ring, who beat and forced victims to undergo abortions, was sentenced to 188 months in prison (15 years) at a courthouse in Brooklyn.
The United States Attorney’s Office announced this on Thursday.
Hugo Hernandez-Velazquez was charged with sex trafficking multiple victims by force, fraud, and coercion. He will be deported back to Mexico after his prison term, according to court documents.
“For nearly a decade, the defendant and his family oversaw a vicious sex trafficking campaign wrought with violence, manipulation, coercion, and outright force against women whom they lured into romantic relationships through false promises of love and support,” said one HSI Special Agent.
