New York Daily News

4 sex-traffic susps in city for fed trial

- James Fanelli

FOUR MEXICAN members of a family-run internatio­nal sex-traffickin­g ring face charges in a farreachin­g operation that preyed on women and girls, federal prosecutor­s said Friday.

Efrain Grandos-Corona, Emilio Rojas-Romero, Alan RomeroGran­ados and Pedro RojasRomer­o appeared in Manhattan Federal Court on Thursday to face sex-traffickin­g charges that, if they’re convicted, could put them behind bars for the rest of their lives.

The four were extradited from Mexico, authoritie­s said.

They are accused of exploiting victims in Mexico and United States between 2000 and 2016.

Prosecutor­s said they forced their victims to service johns between 20 to 40 times a day after luring and coercing them with false promises and threats.

“Sex traffickin­g is a heinous crime that violates both the rule of law and the most basic standards of human dignity,” U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement.

“These defendants allegedly deprived women and girls of their freedom, and forced them into prostituti­on against their will.”

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