CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three men accused of facilitating a “modern-day slavery” operation by trafficking workers for cheap labor on several South Georgia farms are headed to prison, according to federal authorities.
The accused — 24-year-old Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. of Jesup; 42-year-old Aurelio Medina of Brunswick; and 45-year-old Yordon Velazquez Victoria of Brunswick — were sentenced to prison on charges related to human trafficking and forced farm labor, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced March 31.
Mendoza was handed a 30-year sentence while Medina was ordered to serve just over five years, according to a news release. Victoria was sentenced to 15 months in prison.
