ATLANTA, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:
WAYCROSS, Georgia: Three defendants have been sentenced on federal conspiracy charges after a transnational, multi-year investigation into a human smuggling and labor trafficking operation that illegally transported Mexican and Central American workers into brutal conditions on South Georgia farms.
Sentences were handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa G. Wood and announced by Southern District of Georgia U.S. Attorney Margaret E. 'Meg' Heap. They include:
* Margarita Rojas Cardenas, a/k/a "Maggie Cardenas," 48, of Reidsville, Georgia, was sentenced to 51 months in prison followed by three ye...