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Miami Cuban Bride&Family Members Go To Jail for 20+ Fradulent Marriages for Citizenship

One by one, a family of swindlers marrying undocumented immigrants for cash is facing criminal charges, investigators say.

Prosecutors this week arrested Eurice Rodriguez, 46, for bigamy. She is accused of marrying three men without ever divorcing the first. Her daughter, Eunice Lopez, 26, was arrested last year on nine counts of the same.

Eurice Rodriguez's brother and sister are on the lam. Agents say Loida Rodriguez and Jesus Ruben Rodriguez are wanted on multiple counts of bigamy, too.

The family members, Cuban natives, are legal U.S. residents. Authorities believe they have been marrying undocumented migrants for money to help them earn legal U.S. residency.

Eurice Rodriguez posted bond Tuesday.

The investigation was headed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Robert Colon and Jorge Broche, an investigator with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.

Lopez was charged in December on nine counts of bigamy for marrying nine men without ever divorcing her first husband. She has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.

A month later, prosecutors arrested her boyfriend, Rodneys Gonzalez, 33, on three counts of bigamy. He, too, is awaiting trial.

According to an arrest warrant released Tuesday, Eurice Rodriguez first wed Alcides Orozoco in January 2006. But between April 2006 and August 2007, she married three more men ''while legally having a living husband,'' the warrant said.

Her brother did the same five times, her sister 12 times, according to the state attorney's office.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/565140.html#recent...

By miamimike on Jun 10, 2008, 12:41 in Off Topic.