Acting US Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Robert McGuire held a press conference with leadership from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) alongside the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD), Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), according to Fox News. He told reporters that the indictment outlines allegations of a far-reaching conspiracy to illegally transport South American women into the United States and forcibly engage them in prostitution.
Court documents cited in a press release by the Department of Justice revealed the alleged TdA conspirators as Yilibeth del Carmen Rivero-De Caldera, 51; Kleiver Daniel Mota-Rivero, 35; Yuribetzi Del Valle Gomez Machuca, 39; Wilmarys Del Valle Manzano Solorzano, 22; Frankyanna Del Valle Romero-Rivero, 30; Endrik Alexander Morales-Rivero, 25; Jesus Enrique Castillo Rodriguez, 24; and Ariannys Beatriz Gutierrez-Carrillo, 24.
The DOJ detailed that per the indictment the defendants would act as facilitators, bringing the victimized women into the country and upon their arrival would post illicit advertisements to commercial sex websites and connect with commercial sex buyers via the internet or cellphone, directing them to the meet with the women from solicited sex acts at motels before collecting payment.
McGuire said in a statement, “This indictment demonstrates our commitment to stop human trafficking whenever and wherever we find it, and to hold those involved accountable. We are coming after transnational criminal organizations like TdA, but this case shows that we will also do whatever it takes to stop those who would traffick women and girls no matter who is behind their suffering.”
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