Florida Couple Enslaved Nanny, Must Pay $125K
"Two weeks ago, a federal court jury in Miami found the Key Biscayne couple guilty of various civil charges and granted Ramos and María Onela Maco Castro, the servant who replaced her, $125,000 total in damages as compensation.
In an unprecedented verdict, the jury also found the couple guilty of violating federal laws against human smuggling when they took away their passports and threatened to have them deported if they disobeyed them."
GERARDO REYES in the Miami Herald.