Defendants Sentenced for Transporting Hundreds of Prostitutes to Maryland

Four defendants have been sentenced for their part in a plan to transport hundreds of prostitutes across state lines and into Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland.

Manuel Jandres, 40, of Germantown , has been sentenced to 15 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release and Eliazor Aparicio, 31, of Wheaton, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to transport prostitutes. Elsy Aparicio, 35, of Gaithersburg, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to transport prostitutes and for the additional charge of money laundering conspiracy. Rigo Diaz, 32, who is also a resident of Gaithersburg, was sentenced to five months in prison, to be followed by five months of home detention and he will have to serve an additional 50 hours of community service for conspiracy to employ illegal aliens.

The prison sentences are only a part of the sentencing. The defendants will also have to surrender about $117,000 in cash and other proceeds as well as a 1999 Toyota Sienna and a 2000 BMW.

According to the statements in their plea agreements, from April 2003 to November 16, 2005 Eliazor Aparicio, along with his sisters Elsy Aparicio and Dorinalda Aparicio plus their mother Olinda Aparicio, their aunt, Rosibel Aparicio Jandres and her husband Manuel Jandres, Rigo Diaz and Jair Francis, together conspired to bring hundreds of women from New York and New Jersey to Maryland and when they got there, they were to be employed as prostitutes

The family of conspirators contacted the women by cell phone at least one week before they were due to leave for Maryland and at that time scheduled them to work in at least 15 different places of prostitution that the group operated. These places included apartments and houses in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Langley Park and Wheaton.