Pair plead guilty to sex trafficking of child at Bloomington hotel
A 26-year-old woman provided a child for commercial sex with a 50-year-old man.
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Minnesota Judicial Branch
A man and a woman have pleaded guilty in court to the sex trafficking of a child at a Bloomington hotel.
Maria Candelaria Zambrano Zavala, 26, of Bloomington, is facing a sentence of up to 10 years for her involvement in the arrangement she made Humberto Rangel-Torres, 50.
According to the Minnesota U.S. Attorney s Office, Zambrano Zavala between March and May 2019 started transporting and providing a minor for commercial sex to Rangel-Torres, who was a construction worker staying at a hotel in Bloomington.
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Depending on the evidence, an indictment could contain additional charges, the spokesperson said.
On Monday, the Minnesota U.S. Attorney s Office charged the 29-year-old with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He is not allowed to have a firearm due to a prior felony conviction, the office noted in its news release.
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Authorities said that one of the shots went through the windshield of the team s military vehicle. As a result of the incident, one of the guardsmen was taken to a local hospital to receive treatment for injuries from shattered glass, while the other was left with superficial injuries.
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