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WASHINGTON – Amador Cortes-Meza, 36, of Tlaxcala, Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story to serve 40 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on charges of sex trafficking of minors; sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; transporting minors for the purpose of prostitution; smuggling aliens into the United States for purposes of prostitution; and conspiracy to do the same, announced the Department of Justice.
Cortes-Meza was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims in the amount of $292,000.
The sentencing follows
Quote from : Wikipedia : Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor, a modern-day form of slavery.
The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (also referred to as the Trafficking Protocol) was adopted by the United Nations in Palermo, Italy in 2000, and is an international legal agreement attached to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.
The Trafficking Protocol is one of three Protocols adopted to supplement the Convention.
Originally posted by superwurzel666
I think for this sort of crime the sentence should be life without parole, because that's pretty much what their victims get, through all the mental and emotional damage, etc.
Originally posted by soficrow
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
I don't get why only $290,000. This guy made MILLIONS - for sure! But at least he's locked up now.
S&F
Originally posted by airforce47
Now let's see 40 years at 45K for a year in jail equals more than I want to pay for this scumbag. A lawful sentence of death would be cheaper. Perhaps we should reconsider a mandatory death penalty. My best,
Originally posted by AnimositisominA
He should be slowly tortured to death to set an example. They should make it mandatory for all 1st and 2nd rate sex offenders watch Clockwork Orange style. I would pay to torture him myself.
Originally posted by OneLife
Never comment on these articles as I can just imagine the horror, but that's the true definition an a soul-less animal (no offense to my true animal brothers and sisters meant). No love for himself or Humanity left at all and he puts countless people under worse misery then himself. It's utterly sickening but that's what happens when you choose to feed the ego with no self control. Animals do better at disposing of the 'weak links' in Nature then we do at society though.. Locking him away is sadly the much kinder way.
Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
I'm pissed off.
Originally posted by Annee
It seems to me if he is put in a particular place with particular inmates - - - he will never make 40 years.
There tends to be a certain kind of "code of ethics" in abusing minors among some inmates.