LAKE PARK — After a joint investigation involving the Echols County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking (HEAT) Unit, Genara Juan-Ramos, 30, of Lake Park has been charged with two counts of first-degree cruelty to children and one count of human trafficking.
The Echols County Sheriff’s Office requested on Feb. 8 that the GBI’s HEAT Unit assist with a human trafficking case involving a minor. The investigation revealed that the minor was a victim of human trafficking for labor servitude. The offender was the victim’s aunt, Juan-Ramos. After entering the U.S., the minor victim was forced to work in produce fields. Juan-Ramos also was physically abusive to the minor victim. The victim eventually ran away and sought help from law enforcement.
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