COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating case involving the kidnapping and rape of a teenager.
Gabriel Venegas Zuniga, 28, and Aldo Ismael Esparza, 20, both of Chadbourn, face several charges.
According to arrest warrants, Zuniga restrained the victim, 15, and and ‘for the purpose of terrorizing’ the victim, held them in ‘involuntary servitude and sexual servitude’.
Zuniga is charged with statutory rape of a child and second degree kidnapping.
Esparza is accused of encouraging the victim to run away and then restrained the victim. He is charged with second degree kidnapping and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Zuniga is being held under a $1 million bond.
Esparza’s bond is set at $250,000.