Leader to be sentenced in Ohio egg farm forced labor case

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Leader to be sentenced in Ohio egg farm forced labor case
Updated 2:41 am, Monday, June 27, 2016

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The leader of a scheme to smuggle teens into the U.S. and keep them as virtual slaves at an Ohio egg farm is scheduled to be sentenced Monday.

A federal judge delayed sentencing Aroldo Castillo-Serrano in April after learning that he hadn't given up properties taken from the victims' families.

Castillo-Serrano is a Guatemalan who is in the U.S. illegally. Prosecutors say he made victims' family members sign over deeds to their property in Guatemala to pay for transporting the boys, with assurances they would be enrolled in school.

Castillo-Serrano agreed to plead guilty last year to forced labor conspiracy, forced labor, witness tampering and encouraging illegal entry into the country.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Leader-to-be-sentenced-in-Ohio-egg-farm-forced-8326423.php

[Odin2005]

1. How evil do yo have to be to kidnap people under false pretenses...

...and make them into slaves?

[Ford_Prefect]

2. That seems to work for the Republican Party.

[PatSeg]

5. It truly boggles the mind doesn't it?

What kind of mind even comes up with such complicated and cruel schemes?

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. When is the trial for the owner of the egg farm?

The owner who made the kids work for 72 hours a week needs to be fined and locked up too.

[pipoman]

4. There are egg and chicken production facilities

Across the US that were built in semi remote areas with barracks style on site housing for workers. All of the workers are Mexican/Latin American...I have trusted that someone is monitoring the situation....now I wonder...

On a side note, 15 dozen cases of eggs are currently at least at an 8 year low....maybe longer. For the last 8 years I've been buying them they have been in the $15 range. ..for the past month they have been a little less than $8....for 15 dozen eggs....hopefully this isn't at the expense of forced labor workers.

[SheriffBob]

6. I'm not suprised

The governor is a republican.

[crim son]

7. No doubt his apology to

his relatives, neighbors and folks from his own town was absolutely sincere.

[duplex]

8. Disgusting

Life is cheap in South America, especially in Honduras and Guatemala. We need to do everything we can to make sure it's not treated that way here. It's so sad hearing about people being sold "the American Dream" only to end up indentured slaves in the hopes they can help their families back home. It's time for work permits and immigration reform to keep these things as minimal as possible.