Havana/Cubans Alinson Guerrero Ramírez, Bryan Duany Rodríguez Peña and Lázaro Rodríguez Santos face charges of human trafficking in Tennessee. Three others, Manuel Barrios, Yoan Guzmán and Sadien Mena, are accused of trying to steal a diamond chain valued at $240,000 in Miami, Florida.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued three immigration detention warrants against Guerrero Ramírez, Rodríguez Peña and Rodríguez Santos on Sunday and stressed that they are being held in the Sumner County Jail for “promoting prostitution,” in addition to imposing bail of $82,000.
“Human trafficking is a cruel crime that exploits vulnerable people for profit,” stated ICE Acting Director David J. Venturella. The agency seeks to hold them “accountable for exploiting others” and then deporting them.
On July 9, Rodríguez Santos appealed to habeas corpus before the federal court of Tennessee, for which Judge Sheryl H. Lipman ordered to provisionally suspend the transfer of the accused while she analyzes the appeal.
ICE asked authorities “not to release illegal immigrants with criminal records” and requested that they be handed over
ICE asked authorities “not to release illegal immigrants with criminal records” and requested that they be handed over. The agency recalled that these Cubans had a criminal record and “were released under the immigration policies of the Joe Biden Administration.”
According to investigations by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the defendants took women to a hotel in Hendersonville where they arranged sexual encounters in exchange for money. At least nine victims have been documented, all of whom receive support from Thistle Farms, a local human trafficking victim services organization.
Rodríguez Pena entered the United States illegally in June 2021. The man crossed the Río Bravo along with 10 other people. Five months later Rodríguez Santos was detained by the Border Patrol in Yuma, Arizona. While Guerrero Ramírez entered irregularly through Brownsville, Texas.
This Tuesday, ICE also reported the capture of another migrant from the Island, Ulises Prieto, who has been convicted twice for cocaine smuggling and has a final removal order issued in 2007, for which he will be deported.
For their part, migrants Barrios, Guzmán and Mena accused of an attempted robbery at the Pink Pony club were admitted to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, in Miami-Dade.
The man who was the victim of this crime told the police that when he went to the bathroom, Guzmán pushed him and his two accomplices attacked him with the intention of stealing a chain with 10-carat diamonds.
The uniformed officers detained the migrants and confirmed the victim’s version thanks to the local cameras. The man had bruises and lacerations on his face, neck, shoulders and arms.
Despite the evidence, until a court determines otherwise, Barrios, Guzmán and Mena maintain the presumption of innocence.
