An illegal migrant from Honduras allegedly kept a sex-trafficking victim hostage for five days without food or water — while he beat her and sexually assaulted her, authorities said.
Jose Carcamo, 22, was arrested last Monday after he allegedly held the woman captive when she tried to flee a trafficking ring in Houston, Texas, according to KPRC 2.
Chilling Ring doorbell camera footage allegedly shows the illegal migrant snatching her off the street and carrying her away as she kicked frantically.
Carcamo then locked the woman, who is a Chinese national, in a room inside an East Houston trailer home for five days without food or water, according to court documents obtained KPRC 2.
The man is also accused of tying her up, punching her and raping her while she was in captivity.
Cops were first alerted to the alleged trafficking ring after receiving a 911 call from a woman screaming for help.
A witness reported seeing a woman running down the street before a man snatched her and carried her away.
When deputies searched the East Houston trailer home, they found the woman locked inside a closet, KPRC 2 reported.
The woman said she was transported from New York to Texas for a new masseuse job that promised more cash. --->READ MORE HERE
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A 22-year-old man now faces kidnapping and assault charges in Harris County, Texas:
Texas police have charged a man with kidnapping and assault after shocking new footage appears to show him dragging a woman into a home against her will.
Harris County police arrested 22-year-old Jose Armando Carcamo-Perdomo last week, local outlet ABC 7 reports. Prosecutors claim Carcamo held a woman in a Houston-area home for nearly a week against her will.
A nearby neighbor’s surveillance camera captured footage shows a man in a pink shirt picking up the woman and carrying her into a home as she kicks her feet in an attempt to escape. Police say that man is Carcamo.
"She tried to leave, but this defendant carried her back inside the residence without her consent," a Harris County judge said. "He tied her up and then sexually assaulted her."
Prosecutors say the woman was trapped in a room inside the house for at least five days and did not have food or water.
The sheriff’s office believes the kidnapping may have been part of a larger human smuggling and sex trafficking ring, Click 2 Houston reports. Carcamo is from Honduras and entered the U.S. illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said Sunday.
Carcamo maintains he is innocent, his attorney told Click 2 Houston.
“Our client, Mr. Jose Carcamo, is shocked by the serious allegations brought forth against him and firmly maintains his complete innocence,” the attorney said. “He fully expects that the evidence will ultimately clear his name.”
“We remind the public that under the United States Constitution, every individual is entitled to the presumption of innocence, the right to due process, and a fair trial,” the attorney continued. “We expect law enforcement, the State of Texas, and the judicial system to honor these fundamental rights without prejudice or assumption.”
The neighbor who captured the surveillance footage says he called 911 after releasing what happened.
"As soon as I drove out of the fence at work, I called 911 to report a possible child abduction," the neighbor told ABC 7. --->READ MORE HERE
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