In a speech condemning a Lake County man found guilty of sex trafficking a minor, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier warned undocumented immigrants that the state “will search every inch of this state to find you.”

Uthmeier, the chair of the state’s 15-member statewide council on human trafficking, was in Eustis Tuesday along with State Attorney Bill Gladson and Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri to announce the sentencing of Jose Gomez, 31, of Eustis, to life in prison.

Gomez, who was originally born in Guatemala, was living in the U.S. with a visa that expired about four years ago, according to police officials.

Uthmeier called traffickers “monsters” and said the state won’t hesitate to seek the death penalty.

In July 2024, a young woman — whose age is unknown, but determined to be

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