Two supervisors charged with encouraging workers to obtain and use
fraudulent documents in order to continue employment at Agriprocessors
in Postville pleaded "not guilty" in federal court. Martin De La
Rosa-Loera, 43, and Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, 35, are both are
charged with aiding and abetting the possession and use of fraudulent
identity documents and encouraging aliens to illegally reside in the
U.S. Although court proceedings were scheduled to begin Thursday
morning at 9 a.m. in the temporary court facilities in Cedar Rapids, a
transportation snafu delayed the start of the hearings until later
that same day. The men, who are being prosecuted individually, have
obtained representation.

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