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| CASE NAME: | United States v. Octavio Lozoya |
| ALL PLAINTIFFS: | United States |
| ALL DEFENDANTS: | Octavio Lozoya, Joe Lozoya |
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| DOCKET NUMBER: | No. 03-50746 |
| SOURCE: | Lexis Search |
| TYPE OF CASE: | Criminal |
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| TRIAL JUDGE(S): | W. Royal Furgeson |
| YEAR OF ARREST: | 2000 |
| YEAR OF VERDICT: | 2002 |
| TYPE OF COURT: | Federal |
| STATE: | Texas |
| FEDERAL DISTRICT: | Western District Court |
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| AGE OF VICTIM(S): | Adult |
| NUMBER OF VICTIMS: | 2 + |
| GENDER OF VICTIM(S): | Female |
| VICTIM'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: | Mexico |
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| NUMBER OF DEFENDANT(S): | 2 |
| GENDER OF DEFENDANT(S): | Male |
| TYPE OF INDUSTRY: | Labor |
| CASE CATEGORIZATION: | Domestic Servant |
| FIRST CHARGE: | Conspiracy to harbor an illegal alien with death resulting |
| FIRST CHARGE US/STATE CODE CITATION: | 8 USC 371 |
| FIRST CHARGE VERDICT/PLEA: | Guilty Plea |
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| SECOND CHARGE: | Harboring an illegal alien with death resulting |
| SECOND CHARGE US/STATE CODE CITATION: | 8 USC 1324 |
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| SENTENCING OPINION CITATION: | USDC No. EP-02-CR-1853-1-RF |
| LENGTH OF GREATEST SENTENCE: | 180 |
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| APPEAL: | Yes |
| EXPLANATION OF APPEAL: | Appealed Conviction |
| APPELLATE OPINION CITATION: | 101 Fed. Appx. 472 (2004) |
| HOLDING OF APPEALS COURT: | Affirm |
| APPEAL STILL PENDING?: | No |
| SUMMARY: | Defendants are two Texas brothers who were responsible for the death of a 21-month child. The child was brought into the US by her Mexican mother, Isela Marquez Campos, when she illegally entered the US to work as a domestic servant. The mother and the child moved to live with the Lozoya family, a filthy trailer home in the Hueco Village area of Hudspeth County. Defendants Octavio Lazoya and another family member abused the child by forcing it to stand prolonged hours, putting duct tape on her mouth so that she would not cry and putting her underwear in her mouth as punishment for urinating on herself, among other inhumane treatments. A few months after the abuse began, in December 1999, the child collapsed and stopped breathing. Defendants refused the mother's pleas to fetch the child to get medical care. The baby died and Defendant Joe Lozoya then burned the baby's body. FBI agents rescued the mother from the trailer home in June 2000, acting on a tip.
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| Approval Status: | Approved |
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