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2 men accused of trafficking teen girls for sex at Dallas hotel
LaDarius Alton Smith, 33, and Ulises Rene Garcia, 22, were each indicted Tuesday on two counts of sex trafficking of a child. Their attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
On April 12, agents with the North Texas Trafficking Task Force were notified by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services about a runaway juvenile. The 16-year-old girl was seen on a website that advertises commercial sex, according to court documents.
An undercover agent contacted Smith and arranged to meet the girl that evening for sex at a hotel