Two men arrested after San Antonio trucking firm exposed as labor trafficking operation

Jose De Jesus Velasquez , 35, and Juan Carlos Velasquez-Flores , 27, were arrested Thursday and charged with continuous trafficking of persons, a first degree felony. Two men are behind bars, accused of running a labor trafficking operation disguised as a trucking company.

Investigators met up with the 57-year-old man, who originally came up to the United States from Mexico as a farm laborer on a work visa. After his seasonal farm work ended, he was referred to VSR Transportation, a San Antonio trucking company which had later closed. He said he was forced to "violate mandated work-rest cycles, which compromised his safety and other motorists on the roadway," according to the arrest report.

The victim told investigators said he found out later that the two men "intentionally hired other immigrants with the same fraudulent scheme to obtain forced labor from them."

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