U.S. v. FUERTES

Nos. 13-4755, 13-4931.

805 F.3d 485 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Garcia FUERTES, a/k/a Kerlin Esquivel-Fuentes, a/k/a Flaco, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. German De Jesus Ventura, a/k/a Chino, a/k/a Chalo, a/k/a Pancho, a/k/a Chaco, a/k/a Oscar, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nicholas J. Vitek , Vitek Law LLC, Baltimore, Maryland; Michael Daniel Montemarano , Michael D. Montemarano, P.A., Columbia, Maryland, for Appellants. Sujit Raman , Office of the United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, P. Michael Cunningham , Rachel M. Yasser , Assistant United States Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

No. 13-4755 affirmed; No. 13-4931 affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Senior Judge DAVIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge KEENAN joined.


These appeals arise from the prosecution of two members of an enterprise engaged in interstate prostitution. Following a two-week trial, a jury convicted Appellants Kevin Garcia Fuertes ("Fuertes") and German de Jesus Ventura ("Ventura") of conspiracy to commit, and commission of, a number of sex trafficking and related...

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