Eduardo Jose Perdomo, 38, of Venezuela, was sentenced on July 20 in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for sex trafficking of two minors by force, fraud, or coercion. United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Perdomo to 240 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Perdomo will begin a five-year term of supervised release and must pay $5,400 in restitution to the minor victims.
Perdomo entered the United States illegally in 2021. According to information presented during sentencing, on January 6, 2025, the Omaha Police Department received a report of theft at an Omaha hotel and responding officers identified indicia of sex trafficking. The Omaha Police Department-Homeland Security Investigations Human Trafficking Task Force began investigating and recovered two minor females aged 15 and 16 who had been brought to a hotel in Omaha by Perdomo from out of state to be sold for commercial sex.
Prosecutors said Perdomo arranged for co-defendant Alfredo Manuel Zambrano-Hurtado to transport himself and the minor victims to Nebraska. He agreed with co-defendant Michel Martinez-Gonzalez on a plan to advertise the minor victims online for commercial sex and correspond with potential buyers. Perdomo also arranged a deal with hotel staff allowing staff members access to the minor victims in exchange for permitting them to stay at the hotel and engage in commercial sex sales. The statement says, “The minor victims engaged in sex acts at Perdomo’s direction and after buyers paid the minor victims, they would give the money to Perdomo.” Senior Judge Bataillon ordered restitution payments as part of sentencing.
This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159: Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is described as a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, human smuggling and trafficking rings operating both domestically and abroad.
The HSTF directs law enforcement efforts towards identifying crimes committed by these organizations which have contributed violence within U.S. borders; it places special emphasis on child trafficking cases or other crimes involving children while utilizing available tools against violent criminal aliens.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office stated that HSTF Omaha comprises agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives (ATF), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) as well as assistance from local police departments such as those involved here—with prosecution led by their office serving all Nebraska residents through coordination with law enforcement agencies, according to the official website.