LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. — The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrested two suspects from Guatemala who are accused of human trafficking.
According to the arrest report, on Sunday morning, deputies responded to a 911 call from a woman who claimed she was being held against her will. She didn't know exactly where she was, but said she'd been held by two men for several days.
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Deputies arrived in the area where the call originated, and eventually located two men acting suspiciously outside a residence in the 1400 block of Lake Avenue, in Lake Worth Beach.
After being able to "visually confirm" a woman in the residence, they entered the home and located two women who deputies say were "recruited under false pretenses and forced to perform commercial sex activity."
After finding probable cause, deputies then arrested the two men, Yudvin and Glin Zunigalatin, who are brothers. They say both are here from Guatemala illegally.
During a Monday afternoon press conference, Sgt. Carlos Lisboa with the Special Investigations Division said upon investigation, they discovered evidence of an "active brothel," and that both women were transported to Palm Beach County to work in that brothel.
He said the women were kept in separate rooms and were forced to engage in sexual activity with the manager and owner of the property.
"These people should have never been here," said Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. The sheriff added that they're looking into seizing houses like the one involved in this case, to cut down on these kinds of crimes.
Bradshaw also confirmed the suspects and victims in this case are here illegally.
WPTV's Kayla McDermott was in the neighborhood Monday, and neighbors across the street said they could hear women yelling for help. The arrest report says one of the women feared for her life.
The arrest report also says the brothers ran other brothels, which are now being investigated.
ICE detainers have been placed on both suspects. They are being charged with human trafficking, procurement of prostitution and keeping a house of ill fame. Both are being held in Palm Beach County jail without bond.
