{"id":245126,"date":"2026-04-24T18:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245126\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:45:10","slug":"miami-police-accuse-9-more-in-child-sex-trafficking-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245126\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami police accuse 9 more in child sex trafficking sting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 24, 2026 at 2:09 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MUPNOZFFFZAONH5HK5T3DYO4DI.png\"  width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/>Suspects arrested in child sex trafficking sting, according to Miami police. (MDCR) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 One day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/23\/miami-police-accuse-5-in-undercover-child-sex-trafficking-sting\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/23\/miami-police-accuse-5-in-undercover-child-sex-trafficking-sting\/\">arresting five men<\/a> in a child sex trafficking sting, undercover Miami police officers arrested nine more on Thursday, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/24\/acusan-policias-de-miami-a-9-mas-en-operativo-contra-trafico-sexual-infantil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/24\/acusan-policias-de-miami-a-9-mas-en-operativo-contra-trafico-sexual-infantil\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This time, according to arrest reports, the suspects not only came from Broward and Miami-Dade counties, but one came all the way from rural Glades County, near Lake Okeechobee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said they conducted the sting at an undisclosed hotel with the help of the Miami-Dade State Attorney\u2019s Office Human Trafficking Task Force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detectives posted an online advertisement posing as the mother of two girls, aged 13 and 15, and told those responding that they \u201cwere available for sexual services in exchange for money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the reports, all nine men were seeking sex with the 15-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police identified the suspects as:<\/p>\n<p>Jacinto Brito Raymundo, 23, of southwest Miami-DadeCarlos Adrian Flores Rojas, 27, of Miami GardensMandy Gonzalez, 39, of Moore HavenOisnel Gonzalez Rodriguez, 25, of MiamiCreshawn Akcire Lewis-Starks, 24, of West ParkFrank Carlos Lopez de la Rosa, 24, of west Miami-DadeKalaivanan Murugan, 25, of DoralJonathan Lee Testa, 25, of southwest Miami-DadeJony Esau Zeledon Rizo, 33, of northwest Miami-Dade<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police specifically noted in Flores\u2019 arrest report that he \u201crequested to be a VIP client.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said he told a detective after his arrest, in Spanish, \u201cI am not a bad guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">All were taken to jail on human trafficking and computer crimes charges.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Chris Gothner\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/3be3b5ed-fb4b-43ce-8b.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Chris Gothner <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Chris Gothner joined the Local 10 News team in 2022 as a Digital Journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 24, 2026 at 2:09 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandSuspects arrested in child sex trafficking sting, according to Miami police. 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