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Teodoro Juarez (alias Angel Perez) was the leader of a sex trafficking ring and the one who green-lit the murder of Ellie Porter.

Background[]

Not much is known of his early life only that Juarez has a brother who acts as a police officer. He was also married with at least a few children with his wife.

Juarez would traffic underage girls from Vargas, Mexico and take them to his mansion in Tenancingo, where he would rape them. If he impregnated them he would have his mother hold their babies hostage to force them to work for him, as seen with Selena Cruz. He would then smuggle them into New York and have them work for his pimps through Craigslist ads, while he provided transportation for the girls through his company, Quickride. He operated under the alias Angel Perez, since he was aware the feds were onto him in Mexico. Eventually, he let Selena become his enforcer to break the girls in, so he didn't have to get personally involved anymore. His operation got so big that he eventually started buying girls from other traffickers.

On SVU[]

When Ellie Porter agreed to testify against his gang, Angel gave the green light for anyone to do whatever they want with her. This led to Ellie being gang-raped, burned, and murdered by six people, including her pimp Little Tino who took the rap for green-lighting her. (SVU: "Spring Awakening")

When Ellie's roommate at Tino's house, Luna Garcia was arrested, Selena told him and he sent Diego Ramirez to kill her. He took a shot at her but failed to kill her and Diego ended up being arrested as well. Rollins and Fin later question him about accounts he used and feigns knowing anything about how the accounts are paid. He then tells them that he closed Little Tino's account five months ago for roughing up girls. One of his pimps, Joaquin Menendez, later calls him about a meeting he had with Officer Amaro and Angel decides to send a message by ordering hits on Diego, Missy Brooks, Little Tino and Noah Porter. Diego, Missy, and one of her johns are killed while Ellie's son Noah and Tino survive.

To cover his tracks, Angel trashes his own office and destroys all of his records to make it look like he was a target too. Sergeant Benson and Detective Carisi visit him and he angrily blamed them for getting him involved in the situation.

After this, SVU discovers Angel's real name is Teodoro Juarez, as well as him being the boss of the sex trafficking ring while realizing he tried to throw them off the track by destroying the office. The squad manage to turn Selena and five of his prostitutes by having a task force raid Angel's mansion in Tenancingo and rescuing their babies and get an additional statement for Little Tino and they go to arrest Angel as he is about to flee the country. Angel threatens Benson and Noah in an effort to get her to back off, and Benson gets distracted by Angel's wife's antics. Angel then manages to knock Fin back, grab a gun from his waistband, and take aim at Benson. However, Fin quickly shoots Angel in the heart, killing him instantly. (SVU: "Girls Disappeared")

Known Victims[]

  • Unknown dates:
    • Selena Cruz (ordered her kidnapping, then personally raped and impregnated her)
    • Five unnamed women (ordered their kidnappings, then personally raped and impregnated all of them)
  • 2014:
    • May 5: Ellie Porter (ordered her to be gang-raped and murdered by Little Tino, Diego Ramirez, and four unnamed men)
    • August 6:
      • Luna Garcia (ordered her kidnapping and later ordered Diego Ramirez to shoot her; survived)
      • Augustino Aguilar (attempted, but survived; was shanked nine times by three assailants on his orders)
      • The drive-by shooting at the suburbs:
        • Missy Brooks (shot once in the head on his orders)
        • Merrill Caswith (shot once in the head on his orders)
      • Diego Ramirez (injected with a hot-shot on his orders)
      • The drive-by shooting at the park:
    • August 7:
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