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| CASE NAME: | United States v. Simon Banda Mireles |
| ALL PLAINTIFFS: | United States |
| ALL DEFENDANTS: | Simon Banda Mireles (a.k.a. Jorge Alberto DeLarco Gonzales), Sergio Antonio Resendiz Martinez, Alberto Antimo Mireles, Miguel Angel Antimo Mireles, Honorio Banda Mireles, Jeses Francisco Escalante, Maurilio Batista Feria, Alejandro Garcia, Alvaro Soto Paz, Agustin Quinones Torres |
| CITATION: | 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109176 |
| DOCKET NUMBER: | 08-CR-00349 |
| SOURCE: | Bloomberg, Lexis Search, News Article |
| TYPE OF CASE: | Criminal |
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| TYPE OF TRIAL: | Jury |
| TRIAL JUDGE(S): | Hon. William M. Skretny, Hugh B. Scott (magistrate) |
| YEAR OF ARREST: | 2008 |
| YEAR OF VERDICT: | 2011 |
| TYPE OF COURT: | Federal |
| STATE: | New York |
| FEDERAL DISTRICT: | Western District Court |
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| NUMBER OF VICTIMS: | 25 + |
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| VICTIM'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: | Mexico |
| METHOD OF ENTRY INTO THE U.S.: | Undocumented |
| WAS VICTIM CHARGED WITH A CRIME: | No |
| NUMBER OF DEFENDANT(S): | 11 |
| GENDER OF DEFENDANT(S): | Male |
| TYPE OF INDUSTRY: | Labor |
| CASE CATEGORIZATION: | Restaurant/Bar Industry |
| FIRST CHARGE: | Forced Labor |
| FIRST CHARGE US/STATE CODE CITATION: | 18 U.S.C. § 1589 |
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| SECOND CHARGE: | Bringing in and Harboring Aliens |
| SECOND CHARGE US/STATE CODE CITATION: | 8 U.S.C. § 1324 |
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| LENGTH OF GREATEST SENTENCE: | 46 months |
| RESTITUTION REQUIRED: | $239,089 |
| FINE IMPOSED: | $100 special assessment |
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| SUMMARY: | Eleven men were indicted for harboring undocumented Mexican immigrants and forcing them to work in seven Mexican restaurants, including three restaurants in western New York (including in Allegany, New York), and additional restaurants in Bradford, Pennsylvania, Mentor, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia. Defendants smuggled their victims from Mexico and used the threat of force and the threat of legal action to force the undocumented immigrants to work in the restaurants.
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| Approval Status: | Approved |
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