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FHP Arrests Two For Human Trafficking In Escambia County
January 1, 2020
The Florida Highway Patrol made two human trafficking arrests in Escambia County on Tuesday.
FHP troopers stopped a 2011 Cadillac Escalade for a traffic violation about three miles into Florida on I-10.
During the traffic stop, troopers discovered that all occupants were foreign nationals and neither the driver nor the passengers were linked to the vehicle in which they were riding. Upon questioning, the driver became evasive.
Troopers obtained consent to search the vehicle and asked the driver and occupants to exit for their safety. During the search, two additional occupants were found hiding between the rear hatch and the third row seats. Multiple items linking the driver and front seat passenger to human trafficking were located within the vehicle.
Driver Julio Ceasar Aguilar Moreno (pictured) was charged with human trafficking and driving without a license. Front seat passenger Joe Ivan Morales Hernadez was also charged with human trafficking. Both remained in the Escambia County Jail without bond.
The remaining occupants were turned over to the United States Customs and Border Protection.
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27 Responses to “FHP Arrests Two For Human Trafficking In Escambia County”
@Doug
Agreed! The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a worse guy with a gun.
@ Bewildered, thank you for what you read, have a nice day.
David: Statistics per PollyKlaas.org. – look it up. (I am sure everyone is familiar with this organization highly concerned with the problem of missing children)
There are between 1.8 – 2.8 million run away kids – only 1 percent of these kids are actually lured away by strangers. And 90 percent out of this 1 percent are found and safely returned,
As far as Escambia County goes I read about a missing teens all the time – they come back home or are found at some friend’s house and are not victims of human trafficking , Is it a problem of major concern that young teens take off ? – yes – but it’s not human trafficking and that was what the article is about.
As far as my comment that the left wants to confiscate or severely limit ownership of guns – sorry – I can’t apologize for the truth – all 20 democratic candidates raised
their hand when asked this question,
@ Bewildered , do us a favor and give us the source of your 99% and also show us the mathematical equation you have used to come up with that 99% you keep spouting
YOU CANT , please stay behind the keyboard and keep us safe while we ask you to prove your 99%
Hearsay, is not worth a pot of beans
Good lord your special with the math
Please dont say he said she said and also the proverbial I saw it in the news g
Luis Santos get real! Where on earth do people get the idea that the left wants to take their guns? Every one of the democratic candidates promises/threatens to do just that. You must not be watching any political debates if you are not aware of that fact.
My previous comment simply tried to point out that our area’s run away teenagers have absolutely nothing to do with the illegal activities of the coyotes bringing illegals into the country. The teens show back up by themselves… they were not kidnapped and forced into prostitution, slavery etc. While these disappearances are frustrating for parents (even the Sheriff’s Dept. calls them habitual run aways) no crime has been committed in 99 percent of these cases.
You can talk for hours about missing kids, but this incident has absolutely nothing to do with them. Nothing, zero, nada. These were illegal coyotes transporting for a fee other illegals. No kidnapping, no missing teens. Thousands of them are crossing the border every day, this needs to be stopped, of course, but if you run to cover or pull your gun (no, you won’t, the former is a lot more likely) at a site of a brownish guy, you are paranoic.
Those who keep talking about missing kids related to illegal smuggling of people into the US, could you remind me of cases of illegal Mexicans kidnapping American teens? Please.
GREAT POINTS,DAVID!
There is a statue downtown in memory of all the missing kids …..
Seriously? Paranoia? Illegal human trafficking is a MAJOR ISSUE along the I-10 corridor in this area.
Yep, I’m also a heavily armed liberal with a concealed permit. Carry my hand gun where ever I go. Cracks me up that people think that liberals are a bunch of snowflake wallflowers. Also cracks me up that the gun and ammo manufacturers convince the right that the left want to take their guns, greatest sales gimmick ever, like catching fish in a barrel. Okay, back on topic, I-10 is the east/west corridor for drugs and human trafficking, People traveling on the interstate, or any other areas that see suspicious activity should report it, Someones son or daughters life could be at risk.
@ Bewildered if a teen is missing..they are 100% missing..they cant be 99% missing..and hype..where to you get that abundance of idiocy .your either there or not
You at most are the more uneducated person ever I have come across about kidnapped and trafficked
I am glad you are behind a keyboard making obtuse and uneducated propaganda
That way the rest of the world is safe from the rhetoric you have just spouted about nothing relevant
Human “Trafficking” does not necessarily mean the same as human kidnapping. Both of course are illegal.
Mike’s comment makes the most sense. The two individuals hiding in the car were not transported against their will. They were part of an illegal scheme. The current uproar about missing teenagers is 99 percent just hype. Spoiled runaways shacking up a couple of days with friends getting undeserved attention and wasting tax payer funds having police looking for them.
Liberals who want open borders should be required to take full responsibility for these illegal immigrants. ( this used to be policy – to come to this country you needed a sponsor) It is not the American taxpayers duty to support anyone who is looking for a free ride in life.
What’s up with the paranoid and delusional Liberal bashing? If you feel the need to debate a specific policy that needs changed by all means do so. Whining and smearing about Liberals doesn’t make much sense especially considering that Dems have only had a majority in Washington DC for two out of the past 20 years.
You liberals say you are tolerant with no hate. Quit your lying. We want borders regulated and not open. Your party wants anarchy and calculating all these illegals will vote Democratic Socialist. I am thinking that Liberalism is a mental disorder. You should be red flagged in Florida and have your gun permits pulled……
I have read all the comments and we(me) included should be ashamed of ourself. These third world countries and foreign nationals are watching and laughing knowing we are playing into their plans. We as a people were once pulled together to fight a common cause and were a proud country. Now it’s more like a uncivil war between us and that’s what they want. Instead of allowing the world to rule us, we should be banning together wether we are a certain political party or a certain color. Our country is on a tumbling journey to a destructive end if ALL of us don’t get a grip on things. I’m on a soapbox because we all need to be vigilant to these things going on around us. I know this may make some mad but how many would have thought that our base would be attacked by terrorist? Let’s work together to stop this!
@Martha. Well said . Lifelong Democrat and loaded for bear here too. People, do not I mean never let party affiliation determine how a person rolls through life. Remember as it is said Assumption is the mother of all screw ups…..
Indeed, there is a lot of hate, ignorance and inability to comprehend a written text.
These two Latinos were stopped by the police and gave consent to search the vehicle. The ones in the car were hiding – hiding from WHO when the police was searching? If they were kidnapped they would get out happily. I am assuming they were illegal Latinos two, transported by their coyotes on their own will and for a fee.
The folks who started to comment see the title and it reinforces their paranoia. They also proclaim how brave they are, and I bet they shed a tear or two feeling so brave.
Nothing of this has anything to do with Trump, this is pure ignorance, tunnel vision and, as a result, reinforced by a vision of oneself as a valiant person, hence the pride of oneself, even though it is backed by the dreams only (I would kill the bad guys with my “bear” hands, tear him apart !!!) .
The hate is prolific though. It is evident in the comments on this site “I would have done this and that” to a person who was ONLY ACCUSED of a crime. Real Christians are not full of hate.
@ Why hate? I suppose you want to Facebook friend them?
The proliferation of ignorance is abundant.
They will not breath if they get involved with anyone if I am around
That I can promise
Why so much Hate. I know You Trump people have been taught to hate by Trump. We need to come together and be one and stop all the hate among one another. Most of you claim to be Christian also grow up stop hateing and start acting like Christ.
Tell ‘em Martha! Locked and loaded here too.
Yet ANOTHER EXAMPLE of LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE POLICIES and OPEN BORDERS!
Doug and other dimwits, us liberals are also armed to the teeth, so lose your misconceptions and preconceived notions about liberals. We are not that different from you. Just more educated and tolerant.
Chew on that along with your Skoal.
I’m liberal and I carry a gun
It doesn’t have anything to do with the topic but whatever.. I wonder if I can start pulling over vehicles to do checks on them.. From what I here there’s plenty of this going on in Mara Lago 
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Doug @
Couldn’t agree with more. I am armed 24/7. The bleeding heart liberals and some
politicians are what’s wrong with this country now. Most of all so many folks have turned away from GOD and the Bible. Not saying I want to harm anyone but I will
protect myself and my family and others.
@ Doug, you are absolutely correct.
I-10 is known the nation’s East-West corridor for all manner of illegal, illicit trafficking by wrong doers. It runs through and along border states from the Atlantic to Pacific.
Friends in law enforcement say that the most normal looking vehicle can contain drugs or people who are being transported for human trafficking.
Hyper vigilant is the new “normal” thanks to the criminals and thugs amongst us.
God Bless the United States of America in this New Year 2020.
This kind of behavior makes me hyper vigilant. This is the reason people like myself and others have to carry weapons around. And yes, I have a daughter and if I can help it no she will not become a victim. So there it is for you liberals that hate weapons! I’m locked and loaded.