Yoirlan Tome-Rojas receives 17 years and six months in Texas prison

A federal court in San Antonio sentenced Yoirlan Tome-Rojas to 17 years and six months in prison for labor trafficking. Tome-Rojas, a 46-year-old Cuban citizen, was sentenced in a case involving three women.

The U.S. Justice Department said Tome-Rojas facilitated the women's arrival from Cuba and then forced them to work in strip clubs. The account connects their transport with the labor exploitation underlying the conviction.

The work was imposed to repay alleged debts, according to the Justice Department. That requirement provides the coercive element: the employment was not presented as freely chosen, while the debts themselves are described as alleged.

The activity extended across Indiana, Detroit and San Antonio. San Antonio was also where the federal court imposed sentence, connecting a Texas ruling with conduct across multiple U.S. locations.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas announced the sentence October 19, 2026, and the information was published the next day. The judgment imposes 17 years and six months for labor trafficking involving a Cuban defendant and three Cuban women.