NewsWhore
06-16-2011, 04:00 PM
A court in Vermont has sentenced Jorge Torres to 37 months in prison, accused of people smuggling in the DR and the United States. The Burlington Free Press Report says that he has already served time in Canada, the DR and the US, so he could be released in eight months.
Torres was arrested after his involvement in the high profile case of missionaries arrested in Haiti for smuggling children into the Dominican Republic after the 2010 earthquake. Once the missionaries were arrested, he was contracted to assist them in their release. The Burlington Press says that while in the DR, he got an Idaho church to send him US$41,000 to secure the release of the missionaries. Reportedly, almost US$30,000 of the money disappeared, according to court records.
It emerged that Torres was already being sought by the US and Canadian authorities for trying to smuggle 27 Central American and Haitian immigrants into Vermont. He had been arrested in Montreal in 2002 and indicted in Vermont in 2003, and had been on the run since 2004 when Canadian courts freed him on bail.
As reported, Torres also faced charges in El Salvador for trying to recruit young girls as prostitutes.
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Torres was arrested after his involvement in the high profile case of missionaries arrested in Haiti for smuggling children into the Dominican Republic after the 2010 earthquake. Once the missionaries were arrested, he was contracted to assist them in their release. The Burlington Press says that while in the DR, he got an Idaho church to send him US$41,000 to secure the release of the missionaries. Reportedly, almost US$30,000 of the money disappeared, according to court records.
It emerged that Torres was already being sought by the US and Canadian authorities for trying to smuggle 27 Central American and Haitian immigrants into Vermont. He had been arrested in Montreal in 2002 and indicted in Vermont in 2003, and had been on the run since 2004 when Canadian courts freed him on bail.
As reported, Torres also faced charges in El Salvador for trying to recruit young girls as prostitutes.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)