An east central Illinois family is facing a slew of charges after prosecutors say they conspired to bring two young girls to their homes to work.

A federal grand jury indicted Domingo Francisco-Juan, Lorenza Domingo-Castaneda, and Catarina Domingo-Juan, siblings and Guatemalan nationals, with conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and kidnapping.

They are accused of conspiring between December 2015 and March 2021 to bring two minors from Guatemala to the United States to work in Domingo-Castaneda’s and Domingo-Juan’s homes.

They reportedly compelled the minors to provide childcare, cooking, and cleaning within the homes and to work outside the homes in local hotels, factories, and a restaurant.

According to an announcement about the indictment, the family falsely promised and better life and education in order to get permission from the minors' parents to be brought to the U.S.

Domingo-Castaneda and Domingo-Juan also allegedly forced a third victim to work in their homes and outside their homes at local businesses. The indictment further alleges that the defendants isolated the victims in their homes, restricted their communications with their family in Guatemala, and subjected them to physical, verbal and psychological abuse, among other coercive means.

If convicted on all charges, the defendants face sentences of up to life in prison as well as mandatory restitution. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The case is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations with the assistance of Champaign Police Department, Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Champaign County State’s Attorney’s Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Freres for the Central District of Illinois and Trial Attorney Kate Alexander for the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.

Anyone who has information about human trafficking should report that information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free at 1-888-373-7888, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information about human trafficking, please visit www.humantraffickinghotline.org.