Burning Atlanta

Another skimpy article. ICE was involved but why? Because she was a foreign national or an illegal? Was he? Didn't sound like it. Just because a guy has a Hispanic name and was involved in a crime doesn't make him an illegal.

What's the deal?

Maryland - Javier Miguel Ramirez, age 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor girl, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker.

“Javier Miguel Ramirez committed a depraved and morally reprehensible crime by using a 14 year old foreign girl as a prostitute and sex slave,” said United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. “This is one of the most shameful human trafficking cases that we have seen in Maryland. I want to commend the local police, federal agents and prosecutors for recognizing the importance of this case and ensuring that justice will be done.”

According to his plea agreement, from August 2005 through June 2006, a Mexican national girl worked for Ramirez as a prostitute. Ramirez knew that the girl was only 14 years old when she began working for him. Ramirez instructed her to lie and tell clients that she was 20 years old. Upon receiving requests for sex from clients by phone, Ramirez caused the girl to be transported to residences in Maryland and Virginia to engage in sex. He instructed the girl to charge clients $25 or $30 per 15 minutes of sex. She was instructed to meet with 25 clients or more per day, and provided most of the money that she made to Ramirez.

During this time, the girl was dependent on Ramirez for housing, food, clothing and other incidentals. He often housed her in his residence. Ramirez also initiated a sexual relationship with the girl.