Church Pastor, Child Trafficker - Roger Rodriguez

Church Pastor, Child Trafficker

The Crimes of Elsa Cuellar in a Border Town

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Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2024
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-8506-3 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
This is the disturbing true story of Elsa Cuellar – one of the most notorious child traffickers you've ever heard of.
Since the early 90’s, Cuellar was able to operate in a way that left no trail. She would pose as a pastor, doctor, or lawyer to win the trust of her young victims. With the promise of a better life, citizenship, and an education, these young girls were lured into the clutches of Cuellar’s claws where they became the source of her wealth. Her numerous family photos were just one of the pieces of evidence authorities found that showed Cuellar’s true intention was to advertise her young victims to older men. This in itself made her money, but the true motive was to ensure these young girls got pregnant. By posing as a doctor or mid-wife, Cuellar would convince the young girls that having the baby at her home was the most sanitary natural way to give birth. Unknown to the girls, the objective was to have a delivery that would not be on record at a hospital. This made her underground baby selling enterprise easier. After all, who would look for a baby no one knows exists? Once Cuellar delivered the sad news to the young girls that the baby died during birth, her mission was complete.

The research for this project goes back to 2013. For almost nine years, I have looked for victims, people who know Elsa, interviewed law enforcement, and gained possession of documents that not any ordinary citizen has access to. Hundreds of hours have gone into the scholarly research and hunting down the truth of how Elsa Cuellar never saw a day of prison. Today, the extent of Cuellar’s damage cannot be ascertained. There could be hundreds of men and women who are in their thirties by now who were raised believing their guardians are their true biological parents. Photos, documents, interviews, and stories from sources close to Cuellar will assist in putting together the pieces of this amazing puzzle that for years had law enforcement wondering how they could gather enough to put Elsa Cuellar behind bars.

In the end, Cuellar never sees a day in a prison cell and after the mysterious re-assigning of the lead prosecutor, she is found guilty of only one count of tampering with document officials meaning twenty-three other counts were dropped. Nothing regarding the children was ever presented in court and before this project, the public had no idea what happened to Cuellar. It had been rumored she had stage 4 terminal cancer and had months to live. It had been reported that government deported her because they did not want to pay her medical bills, but six years later Cuellar re-appears in Laredo, Texas preaching at a church. What happens to Elsa Cuellar? This collection of nine years’ worth of work will deliver the story many have been waiting to hear. The victims of Elsa Cuellar deserve a voice and this project provides it.

Roger Rodriguez is an American author born in Houston, Texas. He is the author of The Long Way to Mexico which won an International Latino Book Award (2022) and Silver Book Fest Award (2022). In 2008, he was featured in the Discovery Channel for his work The Grass Beneath His Feet: The Charles Victor Thompson Story which highlights the escape of death row inmate Charles Victor Thompson. Later, this work was translated into French, German, and Italian editions.

Acknowledgments

Note to the Reader

Foreword by Dr. John Kilburn (Texas A&M International University)

1. Pastora del Mal (Pastor of Evil)

2. Los Solanos de Laredo

3. A Ghostly Figure

4. Bidi

5. The Creative Element

6. The Hidden Truth

7. A South Texas Ranch

8. Angels in Her Path

9. The Adoption Defense

10. The Chance of a Lifetime

11. Evil Crossing

12. The Dilemma

13. The Older Man

14. El Coco

15. The Pressure Mounts

16. The House on Kearny

17. The Interrogation

18. Revisiting a Murder Case

19. The Carnival

20. Where the Children’s Loyalty Is

21. Joaquin

22. Operation Cabbage Patch

23. The Fugitive

24. A Bad Day

25. The Psychological Impact on the Victims

26. Reflections

27. Problems with Strategies to Combat Human Trafficking

28. What is Next?

29. My Return Home

Bibliography

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort John C. Kilburn Jr.
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 237 mm
Gewicht 544 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
ISBN-10 1-5381-8506-7 / 1538185067
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-8506-3 / 9781538185063
Zustand Neuware
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