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Minnesota Contractor Accused of Labor Trafficking

A Twin Cities contractor is accused of bringing undocumented workers to Minnesota and threatening to report them to immigration officials if they complained about being underpaid and facing dangerous working conditions. Ricardo Batres is charged in Hennepin County with labor trafficking, theft by swindle and insurance fraud. Batres operates American Contractors, based in Crystal. The complaint says Batres leveraged information about the employees' immigration status to force them...


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