Illinois Family Charged for Forced Labor of Two Guatemalan Minors

[Judi Lynn]

BY FATMA KHALED ON 8/19/22 AT 2:59 PM EDT

Afederal grand jury has indicted an Illinois family of three siblings for conspiracy to kidnap and commit forced labor of two Guatemalan minors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday.

The family, Domingo Francisco-Juan, Lorenza Domingo-Castaneda, and Catarina Domingo-Juan, who are also Guatemalan nationals, allegedly conspired to bring two minors from Guatemala to the United States to work at their homes between December 2015 and March 2021, according to the indictment.

"The defendants compelled the victims to provide childcare, cooking, and cleaning within the homes and to work outside the homes in local hotels, factories, and a restaurant. As alleged, the defendants used false promises of a better life and an education to gain the permission of the victims' mothers for their minor daughters to be brought to the United States to live with the defendants," the DOJ said in the statement.

Over 24 million people around the world were forced into labor as of 2016, according to an estimate by the International Labour Organization provided on the Department of Homeland Security's website.

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Central Illinois family charged with kidnapping, forced labor
by WICS/WCCU StaffThursday, August 18th 2022

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A federal grand jury indicted Domingo Francisco-Juan, Lorenza Domingo-Castaneda, and Catarina Domingo-Juan, siblings and Guatemalan nationals, with conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and kidnapping.

They are accused of conspiring between December 2015 and March 2021 to bring two minors from Guatemala to the United States to work in Domingo-Castaneda’s and Domingo-Juan’s homes.

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They reportedly compelled the minors to provide childcare, cooking, and cleaning within the homes and to work outside the homes in local hotels, factories, and a restaurant.

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Domingo-Castaneda and Domingo-Juan also allegedly forced a third victim to work in their homes and outside their homes at local businesses. The indictment further alleges that the defendants isolated the victims in their homes, restricted their communications with their family in Guatemala, and subjected them to physical, verbal and psychological abuse, among other coercive means.

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