Man sentenced for smuggling teen into South Carolina

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Man sentenced for smuggling teen into South Carolina

Story Published: Jul 18, 2008 at 3:48 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 18, 2008 at 8:55 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - One of two illegal immigrants charged with smuggling a teenage girl into South Carolina and forcing her into prostitution has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison.

The U.S. Justice Department says Jesus Perez-Laguna was also ordered to pay $52,500 in restitution during a federal court hearing Friday in Columbia.

Perez-Laguna and a co-defendant, Ciro Bustos-Rosales, pleaded
guilty in September.

They admitted transporting the 14-year-old girl across the U.S.-Mexico border and into South Carolina, via North Carolina, to force her into prostitution.

In April, Bustos-Rosales was sentenced to nearly six years in prison and ordered to pay restitution.

A third defendant, Guadalupe Reyes-Rivera, is a fugitive.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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