Overview
- Karina Carrasco was sentenced to eight years, Santiago Carrasco to four years unified to five due to a prior conviction, and lawyer José Andreatta to four years that included convictions for drug possession for sale and illegal possession of another person’s ID.
- The case involved three victims in Bahía Blanca—two transgender women and one minor—who were exploited during 2022 and 2023.
- Judges ordered the seizure of two properties used for exploitation and granted reparations of 20 million pesos to two victims and 13 million to the third.
- Prosecutors detailed a scheme of recruitment through offers of shelter followed by coercion into prostitution, retention of earnings, movement and phone restrictions, and forced drug use.
- A fourth defendant, property owner Marta Sanso, received a two-year suspended sentence for having knowledge of the exploitation on her premises.