Two Yakima residents are accused of illegally transporting more than 100 temporary foreign agricultural workers to the U.S. and engaging in forced labor practices and victim tampering, federal authorities said.
Cesar Jamie Rebolledo Diaz and Socorro Ramos were charged in a 10-count indictment returned by a grand jury as U.S. District Court in Yakima on Feb. 11. U.S. marshals and other law enforcement agencies are attempting to locate and arrest them, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The indictment alleges that Rebolledo Diaz and Ramos fraudulently obtained 103 temporary work visas under the H-2A program by falsely claiming they worked for Marquez Farms LLC in Wapato. They are accused of doing so in documentation submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. Department of State, the release said.
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