{"id":1980378,"date":"2023-07-22T15:27:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T19:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-charged-after-human-trafficking-bust-in-chicago-area\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T19:29:11","slug":"5-charged-after-human-trafficking-bust-in-chicago-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-charged-after-human-trafficking-bust-in-chicago-area\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Arrested in Chicago Area Human Trafficking Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F5-charged-after-human-trafficking-bust-in-chicago-area%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1980378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo \u2063by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>12:17 PM \u2013 Saturday, July 22, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>At\u2063 least five individuals were arrested after a human trafficking operation was uncovered in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The investigation, which began in the spring of 2022 \u2063when St. Charles police received information about a\u200c brothel near North 15<sup>th<\/sup> and Brook \u2064streets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-charged-after-human-trafficking-bust-in-chicago-area\/\" title=\"5 Arrested in Chicago Area Human Trafficking Operation\">involved numerous law enforcement \u200cagencies<\/a> according to the Kane County\u2019s Attorney Office.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI want\u200b to commend the \u2064St. Charles Police Department for recognizing this situation as human\u200c trafficking and not one in which people are\u200d simply charged \u2063for sex acts and treated as\u2062 offenders\u2062 and not victims,\u201d Jamie\u2063 Mosser, Kane County State\u2019s Attorney said. \u201cA lot \u200dof times\u2063 when \u2062law enforcement goes in, especially\u200b if they focus on this,\u2064 for what the victim is\u200c doing, they considered a sex act, and they charged them\u200d with prostitution, \u200ball\u2062 that causes the traffickers to get \u2064up and go into a different location.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According\u200b to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcharlesil.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/2023.07.21%205%20charged%20in%20human%20trafficking%20ring.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charging documents<\/a>, the suspects had\u2062 conspired to subject the\u2064 victims \u200cto \u201ccommercial sexual \u2064activity by causing or\u2063 threatening\u200d physical harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least 10 victims\u2064 were identified, who were being brought from \u2064South Africa to \u200bthe \u200cUnited States, and were held against their will at various\u2064 locations throughout the area.<\/p>\n<p>According to law \u2063enforcement, the investigation had uncovered that the trafficking\u2062 and prostitution\u200d rings were widespread with \u2063alleged\u2063 brothels operating in Aurora, \u200dChicago, Elgin,\u200d Hanover Park, \u2063Palatine, and \u2063South Elgin.<\/p>\n<p>James Keegan, the \u200dSt.\u2062 Charles Police Chief, said that \u2063victims, who ranged in age from early-20s to early-30s, were located at\u2062 those locations and\u200d have \u200cbeen \u2064taken into protective custody.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere were two\u200c or so \u2063victims at \u200ceach location,\u201d he\u200d said. \u201cAnd each of those victims were \u200btaken into\u200c protective custody. It was like an onion. The more we \u2063peeled it back, the more it stunk and this\u2063 is something that\u2019s \u2064prevalent in society and society can\u2019t tune\u200b a deaf ear\u200c to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mosser commended the work of police\u200c and said that the investigation is ongoing and that it will likely results in more traffickers being arrested and more victims rescued.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects who\u200c have been \u200barrested consisted of four \u200dmen \u200band one\u2062 woman who were identified as 57-year-old Martha Hurtado-Hernandez of Chicago, 26-year-old Daniel Hurtado of Elgin, 46-year-old Rigoberto Parra of\u2064 Aurora, 27-year-old Christian Hurtado of Elgin, and 54-year-old Hector Briseno of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects all \u2062appeared \u200din court\u2063 and are currently being held on $5 \u200cmillion bonds.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for \u200bfree. 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