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Accused trafficker raped girl to resolve debt owed by family, US police say
Sixteen-year-old tells police Juven Pineda treated her like a ‘prisoner’ and thretened to harm family in Honduras An accused sex trafficker allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl to resolve a $13,500 debt that he claimed she and her family owed him, according to Louisiana police. Juven Pineda, 34, faces charges of second-degree rape and human trafficking after his capture in North Carolina and recent transfer to the custody of investigators in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner, who had obtained a wa…
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