A house in the Mendoza town of Lavalle was raided this Sunday in the framework of an investigation by a due to human trafficking for labor exploitation.
It was from a complaint that the Justice ordered that personnel of Argentine National Gendarmerieto intervene and after the reported results resulted in a search warrant for that property.
They were effective from UComplex Crime Investigations and Judicial Procedures Unit “Mendoza” with support from Squadron 64 “Mendoza”and the participation of representatives of the Mendoza Territorial Agency of the Ministry of Human Capital of the Nationprofessionals National Rescue Program and support for victims of the Crime of Trafficking, local references from RENATRE, UATRE and the Lavalle Interdisciplinary Technical Team; who were in the house raid at the time of the judicial measures where they attended 17 people who were in a vulnerable situation.
Given the dimensions of the house, the work of the intelligence team was divided into two sectors (one comprised of two large warehouses, eight rooms, three homes, three bathrooms; and the other was eight homes and two community bathrooms).
According to the portal Mdzduring the judicial tasks, vulnerability indices, precarious conditions of habitability and hygiene were detected and interviews and surveys were carried out with 14 men and 3 women, alleged victims of human trafficking for labor exploitation.
The judicial measure was issued by the Federal Court No. 1, Criminal Secretariat “A” of Mendoza, with intervention of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office No. 1.
In a procedure with similar characteristics that occurred at the beginning of April also in the province of Mendoza, members of the National Gendarmerie they made a operation against human trafficking in a property located in the Junín department and attended a total of 10 people of legal age and one minor.
This action, ordered by an intervening magistrate, was carried out by the team Anti-Trafficking Unit for Investigations of Complex Crimes and Judicial Procedures “Mendoza”with support from Squadron 64 “Mendoza” of the GNA and staff of the National Victim Assistance Program.
At the scene, the agents of that security force found 11 people, 10 adults and one minor, from Santiago del Estero, living in inadequate conditions.
Likewise, during the inspection, evidence was identified that suggests the existence of a case of human trafficking for labor exploitation..
It should be noted that the victims received immediate assistance and support from the officials present and the corresponding reports were prepared and the judicial authorities were notified of the findings.
Currently, the investigation is in the hands of Federal Court No. 1 of Mendoza, under the Criminal Secretariat “A”, and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office No. 1, led by Dr. Alejandra Obregón. The investigations continue to clarify the facts and determine the relevant responsibilities.
Likewise, at the beginning of January, also in the province of Mendoza, members of the DUOF San Rafael Brigade of the Federal Police They carried out a raid on a house located in the place “El Chacay”close to the town of Malargüe and They found 92 people who worked there settled in warehouses and very precarious rooms.
The operation was framed in a case that had been investigated since November 2023, alleged crimes of labor trafficking and the suspicions about said establishment dedicated to the garlic harvest had complaints from several months ago, for this reason they were present and thus confirmed the illegal presence of minors.
In this context, the staff of the National Rescue and Support Program for People Damaged by the Crime of Human Trafficking He interviewed the inhabitants of the unfortunate homes, who expressed discontent when referring to the conditions they were in, in a very small space and sleeping on the floor or in improvised beds with pallets.
In the raid that was carried out in the establishment, they were able to elucidate that almost none of the people confined there were registered and there were even some of foreign nationality who did not have the immigration procedures completed, which led the investigators to carry out closures and prosecutions. corresponding.
In this way, the uniformed They immediately arrested the four men who managed the place. In addition, they seized a CPU, a laptop, four cell phones and documentation of interest to the process.
All measures taken were instructed by the Federal Court of San Rafaelin charge of Dr. Eduardo Puigdengolasbefore the Criminal Secretariat in charge of Dr. Carlos Boldrini.
Also participating in the operation were Cuyo Tactical Operational Support Divisionwhich provided the mobile phones for the transfer of the victims, and national and provincial organizations.
