Two South Texas residents were sentenced on June 24 after pleading guilty to benefiting from forced labor after forcing an illegal immigrant to work at a fireworks stand and as a nanny without pay.
Eduardo Javier Gomez, 32, and his former partner Margarita Alvarez, 40, both of Edinburg, Texas, were sentenced after it was discovered they had been forcing a woman to work without pay from June 24 to July 8, 2021, after her family attempted to illegally smuggle her into the country.
