{"id":430933,"date":"2026-09-09T19:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430933\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:54:09","slug":"us-marshals-service-45-missing-children-found-in-san-antonio-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430933\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marshals Service: 45 missing children found in San Antonio operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-9-2026-01_44_50-PM-640x400.png\" class=\"object-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"US Marshals Service: 45 missing children found in San Antonio operation\" post-type=\"post\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOperation Lightning Bug II concludes in San Antonio (September 9, 2026)\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO KTSA News) \u2014\u00a0A multi-agency operation in San Antonio has led to the recovery or location of 45 missing and endangered children, federal officials announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The U.S. Marshals Service San Antonio Division said Operation Lightning Bug II ran from Aug. 10 through Aug. 31, bringing together federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The operation also uncovered multiple new human trafficking leads and investigations involving the San Antonio Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Investigators executed nine felony warrants and 11 misdemeanor warrants, while making seven arrests on new charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Officials said additional charges are pending, including allegations of harboring and witness tampering.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshals Service credited SAPD, the Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Texas DPS, Texas DFPS, NCIS, BCFS Health and Human Services and the National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children for helping locate the children and advance the investigations.<\/p>\n<p>More about:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Operation Lightning Bug II concludes in San Antonio (September 9, 2026) SAN ANTONIO KTSA News) \u2014\u00a0A multi-agency operation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4028,670,11575,671,82,84,83,674],"class_list":["post-430933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-arrests","tag-children","tag-found","tag-missing","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-u-s-marshals-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}