Six men arrested in South Florida child prostitution sting, two from Broward
Two Broward men were named in a South Florida sting that used undercover online profiles to target adults seeking sex with minors, as agencies widened a regional crackdown.
Two Broward men were among six suspects arrested in a South Florida undercover operation that targeted adults accused of trying to have sex with minors. Fort Lauderdale resident Deyvi Richard Silva and Miramar resident Ibrahim Vazquez Cobas were named alongside men from northwest Miami-Dade, Miami and Miami Beach. Investigators said officers posed online as a minor or as people arranging contact with minors.
The arrests brought charges including human trafficking and traveling to meet a minor for sex. The case followed the same playbook investigators have used across the region, with covert online profiles used to lure suspects into conversations that could lead to in-person contact.
The Broward case came after a June 10 Homestead sting that arrested 12 men after they responded to online ads offering sex with children ages 13 to 15. Roughly 70 sworn officers took part in that operation, and officials said federal World Cup funding will support two to three additional undercover operations each week, along with airport digital displays, billboards, flyers, QR codes and hotline information aimed at raising awareness.
Broward Sheriff’s Office widened that pattern again July 2 in Dania Beach, saying seven suspects were arrested, six from Broward County and one from Palm Beach County. Deputies said they used websites and apps, posed as teenage boys and girls and even as an older cousin pimping a 15-year-old girl. The agency said 10 victims were rescued and connected to shelter, medical care and counseling, and one rescued victim, a teenage runaway, was reunited with her family.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said investigators intervened before there was any victim to rescue and warned that “the bad guys come too” when major events bring more visitors to South Florida. The sequence of stings has put online enticement, hotel meetups and county-hopping suspects at the center of a multi-county enforcement push across South Florida.
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