The aforementioned clearly indicates a total lack of support for AMAYA despite his still young age. Counsel has attempted to contact other members of AMAYA’S biological family with limited success. In fact, despite various att empts by the probation officer and by counsel for AMAYA and their agents, AMAYA’S mother has been unavailable to speak with anyone. However, for better or worse, it became AMAYA’S substitute family. There is little that this Court can be told of MS-13 that it does not already know. AMAYA adopted his own new f amily - MS-13. Certainly, this was s ufficient trauma for a young boy, so the rebellion commenced. In the United States he lived with his mother - a virtual stranger, and her new husband an actual stranger. AMAYA was removed by his mother from El S alvador, a place that c ame to be his home, and returned to the United States - the place of his birth and citizenship but a f oreign land. Clearly this would have been enough trauma for a young child to bear, but it became worse.
While in El Salvador he s uffered the loss of an aunt and an uncle and the kidnapping of a cousin. Salvador and lived there with family relatives. AMAYA was born in the United States a nd was removed from the United States by his mother upon the dissolution of her relationship with AM AYA’S father. AMAYA does not claim a pass on these offenses he merely requests that his criminal record be viewed in context. (1 at 19 years of age, 1 at 21 years of age and 4 at age 22) As AMAYA stated above, this is clearly a reflection of a young child out-of-control, screaming for attention with no one there or listening. Out of a total of 12 criminal actions, 6 were committed by AMAYA as a juvenile and 6 were committed as an adult over the age of 18. On the one-hand, the criminal record is a reflection of a complete lack of adult supervision and/or involvement in his life. However, that criminal record must be viewed for what it is. Those alleged activities (as stated in Court) were both untrue and erroneous. In addition, AMAYA specifically denies engaging in the actions which were represented to the court as true. Without admitting that any conspiracy or prostitution occurred, AMAYA affirmatively represents that he believed that any person with whom he had any form of sexual contact was an adult. As stated above, AMAYA continues to dispute the convictions of conspiracy and sex trafficking of a child.
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