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‘Operation Lost Souls’ Brings Home 70 Missing Children, Some Found as Far Away as Mexico

by Western Journal
May 31, 2022 at 7:12 am
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‘Operation Lost Souls’ Brings Home 70 Missing Children, Some Found as Far Away as Mexico

WASHINGTON - JANUARY 08: The Department of Homeland Security main office is shown January 8, 2010 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered DHS to "aggressively pursue" advanced screening technology and to fix gaps in the way intelligence is distributed, analyzed and compared to watch lists used to identify potential threats against the U.S. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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In its second year of bringing law enforcement partners together to help children, 70 missing children were recovered in a three-week operation centered in west Texas.

Homeland Security Investigations El Paso, the Texas Department of Public Safety and multiple other local, state and federal agencies worked together, according to a news release on the website of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Operation Lost Souls ran from the end of April through mid-May.

Last year, Operation Lost Souls found 24 missing children and runaways during a similar time frame, according to the El Paso Times.

Within Texas, most missing young people were found in El Paso, Midland, Ector, and Tom Green counties, with some found in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Some children were also found in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, while others were found in Colorado.

“Operation Lost Souls exemplifies Homeland Security Investigations’ commitment to protecting the public from crimes of victimization. In this case, we are looking out for our children — our community’s most precious resource,”  HSI El Paso Deputy Special Agent in Charge Taekuk Cho said.

“HSI is committed to continue working with our law enforcement partners to locate, recover and help missing children heal, while ensuring that perpetrators are held responsible for these heinous crimes and brought to justice.”

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The operation was announced last Wednesday, which is commemorated as National Missing Children’s Day.

“At the Department of Public Safety, teamwork is one of our core values,” DPS Major Matthew Mull said. “We are grateful for all of our law enforcement partners who participated in this operation and who work around-the-clock every day to protect our communities, including our youth.”

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Cho said that the pandemic has made it easier for children to be lured from their homes.

“You have individuals who due to the pandemic have been unable to go see their friends or travel. When you feel secluded at home, not able to go out and about, they meet people online and go meet with these individuals,” Cho said, according to WAVY-TV.

“It could be a dating site, social media sites such as Tik Tok, Tinder, Snapchat,” he said. “They meet these individuals not knowing they are trying to bring harm to them.”

Jorge Uribarri, deputy special agent in charge of HSI in El Paso, said just as the internet is the gateway for many children going missing, it is a key to finding them.

“Lately we’ve seen more victims who are being trafficked online, through various social media apps,” said Taekuk Cho and acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations of El Paso. https://t.co/4MaupsLtOq

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“Part of our job is to track child exploitation websites. Our undercover officers often go there to find those who attempt to recruit children for sexual exploitation,” Uribarri said.

According to the ICE statement, the operation was a success due to its partnerships. Assisting agencies included the following: HSI Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Attache Office, West Texas Anti-Gang Center, Texas Highway Patrol, El Paso Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, FBI, El Paso County Constables, Socorro (Texas) Police Department (SPD), Department of Family and Protective Services, El Paso Independent School District Police Department, Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission, and the Juvenile Probation Department.

Also assisting were: San Angelo (Texas) Police Department, Tom Green (Texas) County Sheriff’s Office, Odessa (Texas) Police Department, Ector (Texas) County Sheriff’s Office, Ector County Independent School District Police Department, Midland (Texas) County Sheriff’s Office, Midland County Independent School District, Midland Juvenile Probation Department, Advocacy Center for Children of El Paso, Paseo Del Norte Center of Hope, the El Paso Center for Children, Midland Rape Crisis and Children’s Advocacy Center, Harmony Home Children’s Advocacy Center, Midland Memorial Hospital SANE Nurses, and Medical Center Hospital SANE Nurses.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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