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Bar owner sent to prison for sex trafficking

Bar owner sent to prison for sex trafficking
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 7:26am

Punishment: 30 years federal prison

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; a South Texas bar owner has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking of minors.

U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno says 35-year-old Beleal Garcia-Gonzalez of Mission was sentenced Tuesday afternoon.

Garcia-Gonzalez was found guilty last fall of three counts of sex trafficking, one count of conspiracy to harbor illegal immigrants and six counts of harboring illegal immigrants.

To read more on this story, head to The Houston Chronicle's website: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Texas-bar-owner-sent-to-prison-for-sex-trafficking-2138636.php

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