An immigrant living in the United States illegally is in a Texas prison for kidnapping a Guatemalan immigrant woman and demanding ransom. Women were reportedly forced to work to pay off smuggling debts.
San Antonio police arrested Elvin Roberto Mendez Flores, 38, after receiving a call saying he was holding a Guatemalan immigrant woman hostage at a home in KSAT in the northwest part of the city. reported. Police received a call from her husband after the woman sent a message to her alleged kidnapper's tablet.
According to the article, Mendez-Flores met the woman at the Texas-Mexico border and planned to smuggle her to her husband in another part of the United States. After being transferred to San Antonio, she said she was taken to Houston and then returned to San Antonio. Antonio's family was unable to pay the $6,000 to $7,000 human smuggling fee.
A Guatemalan woman told police that Mendez-Flores forced other residents of the house to cook for her. He also allegedly forced her to do other jobs for people. This included braiding hair and making tamales. She said she received no compensation for this work.
Kens CBS5 reported Police say they found the woman hiding under a blanket after using the smuggler's tablet to contact her husband. She told police that Mendez-Flores threatened to kill her and her family in Guatemala if she fled or sought help.
She claimed that her family had already paid the $6,000 smuggling fee, but the perpetrator demanded an additional $6,000 from her husband.
KENS reported that Méndez-Flores acknowledged some of the woman's claims, but added that he was trying to collect ransom money from human smuggling for someone else.
Mendez-Flores is charged with aggravated kidnapping and ransom/reward and is being held on $75,000 bail. He is also charged with illegally entering the United States. His nationality has not been disclosed.
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