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At least one Cuban, the young Oisnel González Rodríguez, was arrested during the "Wrong Turn Operation", an undercover operation carried out on April 22 and 23 in Miami-Dade, which resulted in 15 arrests on charges related to the sexual trafficking of minors.
González Rodríguez, 25 years old, is said to be from the municipality of Venezuela, in Ciego de Ávila, according to his social media.
The operation's mechanics involved undercover detectives posting online advertisements posing as a mother offering the sexual services of her supposed 13 and 15-year-old daughters in exchange for money.
The suspects responded to the advertisement, negotiated prices through text and phone—explicitly informed at all times that they were dealing with minors—and were directed to a hotel in Miami where an undercover agent posing as a pimp received the payment in the lobby.
Upon entering the room where the meeting was supposedly meant to take place, they were arrested by tactical units without any incidents reported.
In total, 15 people were arrested during the operation: 14 adults and a 16-year-old teenager whose identity was not disclosed due to being a minor.
Among those arrested were very diverse profiles: a university student, an aerospace engineer, and an employee of Miami-Dade County.
Additionally, HSI identified one of the suspects as a person of interest in a separate investigation regarding the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
All those arrested reside in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, facing charges of human trafficking, use of prohibited computer services, and use of a computer to travel to meet a minor, and are being held without bail.
The operation was led by the Human Trafficking Task Force of the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office and the Special Investigations Section of the Miami Police Department, with the participation of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), and the police departments of Homestead, Hialeah, Coral Gables, and Medley.
In Florida, the charge of human trafficking involving a minor can lead to mandatory prison sentences ranging from several years to life imprisonment, in addition to fines of $10,000 or more.
This operation is not an isolated incident. In May 2025, an identical undercover operation by the same Prosecutor's Office resulted in the arrest of three men who tried to pay for sexual encounters with 12 and 14-year-old girls at a hotel in Miami.
In 2024, a Cuban resident in Miami was arrested for attempting to engage in relations with a minor in another similar undercover operation.
In 2023, two men were arrested for the sexual trafficking of minors in Hialeah as part of similar operations in South Florida.
Authorities have intensified these operations in anticipation of the FIFA World Cup 2026, which will bring over a million visitors to Miami; the city will host seven matches at Hard Rock Stadium between June 11 and July 19.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, was emphatic in her assessment of the results: "These arrests should send a clear message to anyone trying to take advantage of our children, including the more than one million visitors we expect at our numerous major events this year. Come for the sun, the beautiful beaches, and the exciting events, but don't even think about exploiting our residents."
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