{"id":2246872,"date":"2024-05-17T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-national-arrested-after-teenage-girl-he-allegedly-trafficked-into-u-s-texted-hints-to-911\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:51:59","slug":"mexican-national-arrested-after-teenage-girl-he-allegedly-trafficked-into-u-s-texted-hints-to-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-national-arrested-after-teenage-girl-he-allegedly-trafficked-into-u-s-texted-hints-to-911\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican National Arrested for Trafficking Teen into U.S. After Girl&#8217;s 911 Texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexican-national-arrested-after-teenage-girl-he-allegedly-trafficked-into-u-s-texted-hints-to-911%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Authorities in \u200bVentura County, California, discovered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-facebook-is-largest-online-recruitment-tool-for-human-traffickers\/\" title=\"Report: Facebook is largest online recruitment tool for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-will-use-semi-permanent-soft-sided-structures-to-house-migrant-children-trump-was-blasted-for-tent-cities\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Will Use \u2018Semi-Permanent, Soft-Sided\u2019 Structures To House Migrant Children. Trump Was Blasted For \u2018Tent Cities.\u2019\">human traffickers<\/a>&#8220;>sex trafficking case<\/a> when a \u200c17-year-old\u200d girl, smuggled into the U.S. by a Mexican national, texted 911 for help. The Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Office rescued the victim after she signaled her location, despite communication \u200bbarriers. This \u200bprompt action \u200bled\u200d to the successful\u200b rescue of\u2062 the\u200d young girl. The authorities\u2063 in \u2063Ventura County, California, uncovered a sex trafficking incident involving \u2064a\u2064 17-year-old girl\u2064 who had \u2063been \u200cbrought into the U.S. illegally by a Mexican national. The quick action of\u2062 the Ventura\u200b County Sheriff\u2019s Office in \u2062response to\u200b the girl&#8217;s 911 text \u2064led to her successful rescue\u2064 despite language\u2062 obstacles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Ventura County, California, were tipped off last week to a suspected sex trafficker and rapist when a 17-year-old girl who was allegedly smuggled into the U.S. by the Mexican national texted 911 from the house she was being held in.<\/p>\n<p>The Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/10989739\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on Thursday that \u201cIn the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">early morning hours<\/a> of May 9th, deputies working the Ojai Sheriff\u2019s Sub-Station rescued a female <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-authorities-search-for-tanker-truck-believed-to-contain-dozens-to-be-trafficked\/\" title=\"Texas authorities search for tanker truck believed to contain dozens to be trafficked\">human trafficking victim<\/a> who had text[ed] \u2018911\u2019 to the Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Communication Center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young girl doesn\u2019t speak English and could only provide details about the landmarks surrounding the house, but officers translated the texts into English and pieced together the clues given by the 17-year-old. Despite the limited information, deputies found the victim in just 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimultaneously as the call taker was engaging with the victim, other members of the communications center team were successful in giving real time information to deputies responding to the search. After about twenty minutes of searching the area of Casitas Springs, the victim was found by deputies,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office added.<\/p>\n<p>After she was rescued, the girl gave more information to deputies, which helped them identify and track down the suspect, Gerardo Cruz. The suspect was arrested and booked on multiple charges, including Human Trafficking, Forcible Rape, Lewd Acts Upon a Child, Luring, and Sexual Penetration with Force, the Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Office said. Cruz\u2019s bail was set at $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Following a preliminary investigation, authorities said that the teenage victim was trafficked into California from Mexico around two months ago. The southern border crisis that has exploded under President Joe Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/meeting\/house\/116344\/documents\/HHRG-118-JU08-20230913-SD003.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened the door<\/a> for human traffickers to take advantage of loose U.S. laws to boost their exploitative enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities encouraged people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-shot-lady-gagas-dog-walker-erroneously-released-from-jail-authorities-offer-5000-reward\/\" title=\"Man Who Shot Lady Gaga\u2019s Dog Walker \u2018Erroneously\u2019 Released From Jail, Authorities Offer 00 Reward\">contact law enforcement immediately<\/a> if they know a human trafficking victim or suspect that someone is running a human trafficking operation.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715966858845000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0CjpKbgEgpCXchCtotzUFs\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuman trafficking affects all of us. Thousands of people are trafficked each year into the United States and forced into sex and labor markets,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u201cMost victims are forced into mounting debt and quarantined from contact with family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Ventura County, California authorities received a tip about a suspected sex trafficker and rapist after a 17-year-old girl, allegedly smuggled into the U.S. by a Mexican national, texted 911 from the location where she was held. The Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Office reported the incident on Thursday, mentioning it occurred in the early morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2246873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1460029671-scaled-e1715955860402.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1460029671-scaled-e1715955860402.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}