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Date: Aug. 25, 2026
Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Freddy Alberto Gomez Urena (aka Chun Chun), Ligia Zulay Gonzalez Sanchez, Josue Reinaldo Cordoba Somasa, Narkys Doralddy Gomez Urena, Miguel Eduardo Cardenas Perez, and Wualter Alexander Castellanos Bermeo, have each been charged with one count of conspiracy to provide and obtain forced labor, multiple counts of forced labor, and multiple counts of alien smuggling. A seventh defendant, Franklin Alexis Contreras Carrillo, is charged with one count of forced labor and one count of alien smuggling.
According to the indictment, beginning in about October 2021, and continuing until about December 2023, the defendants worked together to obtain and provide the labor and services of one or more people by means of force, threats, and abuse. The defendants are also charged with illegally bringing the victims of the forced labor scheme into the United States for the purpose of commercial advantage and private financial gain.
The charges contained in the indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The investigation is being conducted by IRS-Criminal Investigation, the FBI Denver Field Office, and the Colorado State Patrol. The Transnational Organized Crime and Money Laundering Section of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado is handling the prosecution.
IRS-CI is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. It is the only federal law enforcement agency with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code. IRS-CI has 16 field offices located across the U.S. and maintains an international presence through attaché posts abroad.