Published: June 10, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Updated: June 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandTrafficking suspects (MDCR)HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Twelve men are facing felony charges in connection with an undercover child sex trafficking sting “in preparation for the FIFA matches scheduled to take place in Miami-Dade County,” authorities said.
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According to arrest reports, the sting took place at an undisclosed hotel in Homestead.
Homestead police, along with investigators from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office’s Human Trafficking Task Force, plus other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, set up a sting in which detectives posed as a mother prostituting her two daughters online.
Authorities said the men arranged to pay for sexual activities with one or both of the girls and were arrested after showing up at the hotel.
Authorities identified the suspects as:
- Melvin Eucedia Ruiz, 27, of southwest Miami-Dade
- Cesar Jordan, 42, of southwest Miami-Dade
- Mohamed Kazim Latiff, 51, of Homestead
- Cristobal Lopez-Lorenzo, 29, of Homestead
- Zachary James Martell, 35, of Palmetto Bay
- Armando Martinez, 49, of Florida City
- Tomas Julio Matom Gallego, 23, of Homestead
- Pantaleon Mendez Ortega, 41, of southwest Miami-Dade
- Alex Alberto Pastor-Perez, 22, of Homestead
- Nicolas Diego Roselin, 24, of Homestead
- Daniel Rubio-Pelcaster, 46, of southwest Miami-Dade
- Mariolensky Solon, 22, of southwest Miami-Dade
They face felony charges, including human trafficking of a person under 18.
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