{"id":39827,"date":"2025-11-20T17:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/39827\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:59:12","slug":"2-men-charged-with-human-trafficking-after-crash-along-pennsylvania-interstate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/39827\/","title":{"rendered":"2 men charged with human trafficking after crash along Pennsylvania interstate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3fc13223022e86701dc314c0f75fc30d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two men have been charged with human trafficking after a crash along an interstate in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident occurred on Wednesday when a vehicle drove into the center median on I-176 eastbound at mile marker 199.5 in Lurgan Township, Franklin County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the men inside the car was suffering from a deep laceration to his neck\/shoulder area and was flown to a hospital. The female fled the scene but was located a short distance away by troopers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Pennsylvania State Police stated that preliminary indicators of human trafficking were observed, prompting the activation of the Troop H-Major Case Team to conduct the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Upon investigation, it was discovered that the female passenger was allegedly being transported to Philadelphia for coerced sexual activity, according to state police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two men in the car, identified as Jose Antonio Hernandez Guiterrez, 30, and Edgar Jesus Espinoza Gamboa, 28, were charged with human trafficking, simple assault and terroristic threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pennsylvania State Police continue to investigate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men have been charged with human trafficking after a crash along an interstate in Pennsylvania. 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