U.S. v. GARCIA-DE LA ROSA

Docket Nos. 14-1840(L) August Term, 2015 14-1842(CON).

832 F.3d 128 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos GARCIA-DE LA ROSA, aka Pirulo, aka Miguel, aka Choqui, Maria Bautista-Pena, aka Maricruz, Miguel Angel Che-Veliz, aka Miguelon, Isidro Degante-Galeno, aka Cachorro, aka El Perro, aka Marcos, Margarito Degante, aka Chachalaco, Javier Leon-Chavez, aka Ricardo, aka Ricardito, Sergio Degante-Galeno, aka Huesito, Mario Pedro Martinez-Barrera, aka Mickey Mouse, Marcos Mendez-Perez, Alejandro Degante-Galeno, aka Celestino Degante Galeno, aka El Zorro, Alberto Jesus Martinez-Miranda, aka Barbitas, aka Barbas, aka FNU LNU, Manuel Gomez-Batana, Francisco Javier Mendez-Ramirez, Isaias Flores-Mendez, aka Jesus Diaz, aka Adrian Sanchez-Mendez, aka Sealed Defendant 1, aka Adrian Sanchez Mendez, aka Jesus Diaz-Rincon, aka Chelo, Bonifacio Flores-Mendez, aka Mota, aka Boni, Defendants, Valentin Jiamez-Dolores, Pedro Degante-Galeno, aka Barbon, aka Barbas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

REBECCA MERMELSTEIN ( Amanda Kramer , Margaret Garnett , of counsel), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.

RICHARD B. LIND , New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Pedro Degante-Galeno.

STEVEN R. KARTAGENER , New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Valentin Jiamez-Dolores.

Before: HALL, LYNCH, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


This criminal case involves the prosecution of a large-scale sex-trafficking enterprise in the New York City area.1 For several years, Defendants-Appellants Valentin Jiamez-Dolores and Pedro Degante-Galeno participated in the prostitution ring, which involved four separate brothels and a delivery service by which...

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