Chile accuses Dominican woman of human trafficking
Indictment says that the persons were exposed to mine field
Sd. The penal authorities of Chile requested the extradition of a Dominican woman who they say is related to an organized international criminal enterprise that works in human trafficking of immigrants. In just six months, according to the Chilean authorities they moved 44 persons into Chile illegally.
"The facts of the case indicate that on ten dates between 4/2/2013 and 2/8/2013 a total of forty-four (44) Dominican nationals (women and men) illegally entered Chile, being discovered by the Investigative Brigade for Human Trafficking of the Police and the Local Prosecutor of Iquique." The note says that in the country the woman acted as one of the alleged leaders of the network which recruited and tricked their victims, charging them around US$2,000 and with tickets from the Sky Travel agency. "This agency is the one which they (the traffickers) are presumably the owners or managers, they travelled from the Dominican Republic to South America, where near the area of Pisiga, in the Republic of Bolivia, by land and by unsafe trails across the Pampa which includes a stretch on foot in the desert, they arrived at the Commune of Colchane."
The investigators established that they have been able to determine that these Dominicans, the same as persons of other nationalities were victims of a transnational criminal enterprise that works in human trafficking.
"The illegal trafficking of these immigrants exposed their lives to immanent dangers."
Exposed to risks
According to the case file, the modus operandi consisted in gathering immigrants from different countries, including the Dominican Republic, in the locality of Pisiga in the Republic of Bolivia, and then trafficked them illegally by land and over unimproved roads across the Pampa, and then introduced them into Chilean territory in the Commune of Colchane.
"The facts of the case indicate that on ten dates between 4/2/2013 and 2/8/2013 a total of forty-four (44) Dominican nationals (women and men) illegally entered Chile, being discovered by the Investigative Brigade for Human Trafficking of the Police and the Local Prosecutor of Iquique." The note says that in the country the woman acted as one of the alleged leaders of the network which recruited and tricked their victims, charging them around US$2,000 and with tickets from the Sky Travel agency. "This agency is the one which they (the traffickers) are presumably the owners or managers, they travelled from the Dominican Republic to South America, where near the area of Pisiga, in the Republic of Bolivia, by land and by unsafe trails across the Pampa which includes a stretch on foot in the desert, they arrived at the Commune of Colchane."
The investigators established that they have been able to determine that these Dominicans, the same as persons of other nationalities were victims of a transnational criminal enterprise that works in human trafficking.
"The illegal trafficking of these immigrants exposed their lives to immanent dangers."
Exposed to risks
According to the case file, the modus operandi consisted in gathering immigrants from different countries, including the Dominican Republic, in the locality of Pisiga in the Republic of Bolivia, and then trafficked them illegally by land and over unimproved roads across the Pampa, and then introduced them into Chilean territory in the Commune of Colchane.
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