Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man is facing felony human trafficking charges on allegations of forcing two girls to work on a mushroom farm to repay him for bringing them to the United States.
Along with the trafficking charges, the suspect, Ramiro Caal Jolomna, is facing counts of involuntary servitude and related offenses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday and the Pennsylvania State Police announced Monday in a statement.
According to Sunday, Jolomna allegedly charged the girls, ages 14 and 17, "debts" for bringing them into the country that they had to work off.
The attorney's office said the 14-year-old was from Mexico and was brought to Pennsylvania by Jolomna, who allegedly forced her to work 16-hour shifts, seven days a week on the mushroom farm. Her paychecks, Sunday said, were then signed over to Jolomna and his unidentified wife.
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