Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at or on. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty.Ī copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at. Assistant United States Attorney Zachary Terwilliger is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.įounded in 2004, the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force is a collaboration of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies – along with nongovernmental organizations – dedicated to combating human trafficking and related crimes.Ĭriminal complaints are only charges and not evidence of guilt. The charges related to Amayas participation in an organization that recruited and prostituted underage girls for profit.
§ 371 (2006), and three counts of sex trafficking of a child, 18 U.S.C. The investigation was conducted by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with the assistance of Fairfax County Police Department and the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force. Rances Ulices Amaya was convicted of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a child, 18 U.S.C. He is accused of providing the juveniles with alcohol and narcotics to facilitate the prostitution scheme, along with remaining with the juveniles during prostitution appointments to ensure the clients did not violate the rules he had set for the sexual encounter. In June 2009 and throughout the fall of that year, Amaya is accused of conspiring with others to recruit multiple juvenile females to work as a prostitutes and transporting them throughout Northern Virginia for appointments that Amaya had arranged with clients. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison for each sex trafficking count and a maximum penalty of five years in prison for conspiracy.Īccording to court documents, Amaya is a leader of the Guanacos Lokotes Salvatrucha (GLS) clique of MS-13. Amaya is the fifth gang member charged in this ongoing investigation by the FBI and the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force, and we are committed to eradicating juvenile sex trafficking from our communities.”Īmaya was indicted today on charges of conspiracy and three counts of sex trafficking of a minor. “Sex trafficking is an unconscionable crime that results in a lifetime of trauma for the young victims,” said U.S.
McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the announcement. Joining the gang at 13 years old, he and his gang were known to terrorize the streets with their weapon of choice, a machete.
MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and James W. As a shot caller for MS 13, Rances Ulices Amaya aka 'Blue,' enslaved the lives of juvenile girls by recruiting them into a life of prostitution. – Rances Ulices Amaya, a/k/a “Blue” or “Murder,” 23, of Springfield, Va., was indicted today accused of participating in an underground prostitution business involving underage females.