A federal jury found a 40-year-old man guilty of smuggling his 16-year-old cousin to the United States from Guatemala for sex.
German Rolando Vicente-Sapon was found guilty Thursday of importation of an alien for immoral purposes; coercion or enticement of a female; and coercion or enticement of a minor female.
He is scheduled to be sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier on Feb. 21, 2013. He faces a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence.
“This case is an example of how aggressively the U.S. attorney’s office and Homeland Security investigations will take on the growing problem of human trafficking,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Woods.
Vicente-Sapon was being held for deportation in August when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents discovered a restraining order from the Hamilton County Department of Children’s Services against him in Chancery Court.