One defendant was ordered to serve 38 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
SAN JOSE – A 41-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, both of San Jose, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a conspiracy to exploit underage girls for child pornography and sex trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Guizar-Cuellar was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of children, three counts of sex trafficking of children and one count of sexual exploitation of children. Mendoza was charged with conspiracy and three counts of sex trafficking. Citing the defendants’ guilty pleas and evidence submitted at Mendoza’s trial, prosecutors said Guizar-Cuellar was the leader, primary facilitator, enforcer and main financial beneficiary of the operation. Guizar-Cuellar reportedly admitted that he and the other three defendants established and operated an illegal prostitution ring that exploited numerous women and children in the Bay Area over a 16-month period.
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