Three boys from Sudan and Iraq who were invited into the US via refugee programs pled guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a five-year-old child in Twin Falls, Idaho in 2016.

A seven-year-old Iraqi boy, a 14-year-old and 10-year-old Sudanese boys, cornered the victim in the laundry room on June 2nd.

They removed her clothes, sexually assaulted her, urinated on her body and in her mouth, and then videotaped the brutal attack, according to witnesses.

“We agreed to the plea bargains. That by no means implies my clients were, or are, fully satisfied with the outcome of these cases or the prosecuting attorney,” Mark Guerry, the attorney for the girl’s family told the Idaho Statesman. “After 10 months their right to some form of justice was long overdue.”

“They were prepared to testify at a trial or enter into to plea agreements months ago. More importantly, no convictions or mere words in statements could ever mitigate the unrelenting trauma and grief their little daughter now suffers as a result of this vicious sexual assault,” Guerry added.

The penalty for the felony sexual exploitation of a child carries a sentence of up to 30 years in prison.

A GoFundMe campaign for the victim and her family can be found here.

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