California couple gets prison for forcing immigrants into labor
The Shasta Lake couple forced a mother and her two daughters into hard labor at their restaurant and cleaning service, prosecutors said.
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The Shasta Lake couple forced a mother and her two daughters into hard labor at their restaurant and cleaning service, prosecutors said.
Nery A. Martinez Vasquez, 54, and Maura N. Martinez, 54, both of Shasta Lake, California, were both sentenced today for conspiring to subject three victims to forced labor, a crime to which the defendants had previously pleaded guilty. Vasquez was sentenced to six and a half years in prison and Martinez was sentenced to three years in prison.
A Shasta County couple was sentenced to prison Monday for forcing an immigrant family into near servitude.
"This case highlights how the dream of coming to the United States to begin a new, promising life can become a nightmare," FBI Special Agent Sean Ragan said.
The forced labor charges against the couple are for allegedly forcing the three immigrants to work long hours for minimal pay.