How sex trafficking happens in Nebraska, from the perspective of a convicted trafficker. An Omaha man explains how he recruited and sold women and girls. Please note this story deals with subject matter of an adult nature. More information about Heredia's arrest and the trafficking operation he was involved in:. FBI news release on Heredia's sentencing. On the day this video interview was recorded in Heredia had already been convicted of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Then I would start off by telling them, asking if they were interested in doing rubdowns, as in massages, bra and pantie shows, or stripping, and they would do that for a couple days.
And then, after that, they would become prostitutes. Heredia said he taught his recruits how to avoid police, and drove the women and girls to appointments. It was nasty stuff. Women were threatened with murder if they spoke with police.
One was doused with water while naked, outdoors, in the winter, for disobeying orders. He was articulate. He was fun, he was funny. He was a friend to these people. He was a lover to some and he was able to manipulate the young ladies, to coerce them, to compel them, to entice them, to engage in this behavior. I know that none of these ladies would have done this without his coercion, without his manipulation, without his fraudulent statements, his promises of love.
He took advantage of them. Right after this police interview Heredia started serving 11 years in federal prison for trafficking. He realized that he was not raised that way. I don't believe he was raised that way. I'd like to think that he realized that he, too, was victimized and that his aunt manipulated him, and saw his vulnerabilities, and used those vulnerabilities against him to compel him to engage in this behavior.
There's a part of me that feels really sorry for him. But at the same time, he acted in torturous behavior as well. He committed atrocious crimes and he needs to be held accountable for it. Search form Search.
