Indictment tells of brutality in Mexican immigrants ring

Members of a ring that forced deaf Mexican immigrants to selltrinkets in New York and Chicago used electric shocks, death threatsand beatings to keep workers in line, according to the indictment of20 alleged ring members.

The 11-count indictment, unsealed by federal prosecutors in NewYork on Wednesday, provides new details about the ring that wasdismantled last month after two deaf workers walked into a New Yorkpolice station. Police and federal officials quickly arrested mostof the defendants, …