Immigrant sentenced in Newport News for prosititution ring
Published: July 14, 2009
NEWPORT NEWS — An illegal immigrant from Mexico has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for her role in a prostitution ring in Hampton Roads.
Emma Tlacoxolal-Perez was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court. Following her 33 month-sentence, she will be deported.
The 37-year-old previously pleaded guilty to two charges related to running a prostitution network with brothels since 2004 and one charge for being in the country illegally.
The operation largely catered to Hispanics in the illegal immigrant community. The prostitutes were brought to Virginia from New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Washington.
Court documents show Tlacoxolal-Perez was deported in August 2006, but she returned to the country illegally and re-established the enterprise.
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