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Students and faculty members from eight of Texas State Technical College’s campuses have converged on Houston for the SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference.

A Houston family has been charged with sex trafficking after forcing waitresses working at a bar to engage in commercial sex acts for more than a decade.  Maria Botello, 54, her two children — Edgar Botello and Yudy Lucatero, 28 and 31, respectfully — and her nephew — Arian Botello, 23 — are accused of coordinating a sex trafficking operation from 2007 to 2020 at Houston bar Puerto Allegre, according to the U.S. attorneys office. The victims allegedly include adults and a minor....

A middle-aged Houston mom, two of her adult children and a nephew have been accused of sex trafficking crimes victimizing waitresses at the Puerto Alegre bar in the city.

Mother, son, daughter and nephew accused of sex trafficking arrested in Houston Published:  Tags:  HOUSTON – Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with sex trafficking crimes in the Houston area. Maria Botello, 54, Edgar Botello, 28, Arian Botello, 23 and Yudy Lucatero, 31, were all charged with sex trafficking after a criminal complaint was filed against them. According to the complaint, Maria Botello and her family members engaged in the crime from 2007 through 2020. Th...