Illegal immigrant sex offenders busted in Mississippi child exploitation crackdown: DHS

Seventy people were arrested across Mississippi during a two-week Homeland Security Investigations operation targeting child exploitation offenders and previously convicted sex offenders, including illegal immigrants, federal officials announced.The two-week operation, Operation Muddy Waters, was the work of several federal, state and local agencies and generated new child exploitation charges ranging from illegal immigrants who allegedly crossed state lines to abuse minors to others accused of trading child sexual abuse material.The following people were arrested on charges during Operation Muddy Waters, according to the Department of Homeland Security:Cristian Abel Argueta Giron: An illegal immigrant from Honduras who allegedly traveled from Tennessee to Mississippi “for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.”Rahul Mondal: An illegal immigrant from Bangladesh on a student visa at the University of Alabama who allegedly “established communication with a 14-year-old male via social media.”Jose Arevalo Garcia: An illegal immigrant from Mexico who is allegedly a non-compliant sex offender previously convicted for sexual assault in 2010.Enrique Bravo Gonzalez: An illegal immigrant from Mexico who is allegedly a non-compliant sex offender who was previously convicted for a felony sexual offense against a child in 2022.Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.Justin Tyler Scott: A US citizen who allegedly “established communication with a 14-year-old male via social media to have sex.”Yves Jean Baptiste Cook: A US citizen who allegedly “established communication with a 14-year-old female via social media, sent masturbation videos and requested nude images.”Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch told Fox News Digital...