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Mendoza was also sentenced in 2022 to serve eight months of home detention and a $5,500 fine to be paid over 24 months of supervised release.If convicted, Villatoro Moreno carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.The Palm Beach County Human Trafficking Task Force, which includes the FBI, U.S. announcement Mexican National Extradited Back to Florida to Face Forced Labor Charges Friday, November 14, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Four Co-Defendants Previously Pleaded Guilty for Their Roles in
Compelling the Labor of H-2A Visa Recipients Throughout the Southeastern United States Alexander Villatoro Moreno, also known as “Quichi,” 53, made his first appearance in federal court today after the Mexican government recently apprehended and extradited him to the United States. Villatoro Moreno faces four charges, including conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, conspiracy to commit forced labor, conspiracy to obstruct proceedings before agencies, and one count of forced labor for conduct alleged to have occurred between September 2015 and December 2017. Villatoro Moreno and his co-defendants
also took the victims’ passports to prevent them from leaving, warned the victims that family members back in Mexico could get harmed if they did not comply with their demands, and threatened them with arrest and deportation.When officials began investigating, Villatoro Moreno distributed fake reimbursement receipts to the victims to make it appear that Los Villatoros Harvesting (LVH), the Farm Labor Contractor that Moreno helped manage, was reimbursing the workers for their travel-related expenses.Villatoro Moreno’s four co-defendants previously pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in the scheme. Bladimir Moreno, Alexander Moreno’s brother, owned LVH and