Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to trafficking girls for cheap farm labor

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A Chester County man in the United States illegally has pleaded guilty after forcing two girls to work on a farm with little compensation.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office says Ramiro Caal Jolomna pleaded guilty in county court to two counts each of trafficking in individuals and involuntary servitude, one count of theft by extortion, and one count of receiving stolen property — all felonies.

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The Attorney General’s Office says the girls – ages 12 and 17- were charged “debts” by Jolomna for bringing them into the country from Guatemala to work on a mushroom farm…

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