When five illegal immigrants arrived at a hotel in Homestead, Florida, on June 9, they thought they’d be greeted by underage girls they could sexually abuse. Instead, they were met by law enforcement officers who quickly placed them in handcuffs.
Authorities lured the accused illegal immigrant predators via an online advertisement that offered sexual services at a hotel in Homestead, Florida. In the advertisement, officials posed as a mother who was prostituting her two daughters, who were between the ages of 13 and 15.
Some of the illegal immigrants who were caught had rap sheets and had been deported before, The Daily Wire has learned. In total, law enforcement arrested a dozen men between the ages of 22 and 51 for child sex trafficking, including the five who were in the United States illegally, authorities said.
The suspects allegedly paid between $300 and $800 to engage in various sex acts with the girls, according to NBC Miami.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle characterized the operation as “the best evidence of how we know these predators exist, we know that they’re seeking out our young — our minors.”
“These predators were intending to buy minors, and we were able to intervene before there was any victim to really rescue,” she said.
One of the accused illegal immigrants was Armando Martinez-Cerron, a Mexican national who is a repeat criminal with prior arrests for cocaine possession and DUI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Daily Wire. Martinez-Cerron first crossed the border illegally in 1999 and was subsequently deported on two occasions.
His last deportation occurred in January 2023 before he snuck back into the United States without getting caught, according to DHS.
Mexican illegal immigrant Daniel Guadalupe Rubio Pelcastre is also an alleged repeat offender who was previously arrested for domestic violence and battery, according to DHS. Rubio Pelcastre was also deported twice, first in November 2012 and then in December 2012.
Pantaleon Mendez Ortega, a Guatemalan national, has been living in the United States illegally for over two decades, entering the United States in May 2000, DHS said. His criminal record includes prior arrests for drunk driving.
Guatemalan illegal immigrant Alex Gilberto Pastor-Perez has been living illegally in the United States since March 2015, having an outstanding deportation order since July 2017, according to DHS.
Nicolas Diego Roselin is a Guatemalan who crossed the border illegally in May 2019, according to DHS. An immigration judge ordered his deportation in April 2025.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents assisted local authorities with the sting, a DHS spokesperson told The Daily Wire.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the United States,” the spokesperson said.
The suspects face felony charges that include human trafficking of a person under 18.
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