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45 arrested in human trafficking/prostitution sting

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Updated: 1/22 6:57 pm
SAN ANTONIO -- The Bexar County Sheriff's Office, Department of Homeland Security Investigations (ICE), and the San Antonio Police Department held a news conference regarding the results of a recent human trafficking/prostitution sting which took place in San Antonio.

Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said the sting operation took place on January 11th on the South Side of San Antonio.

Among those arrested was Grant Allen, a Stinson Middle School teacher, was arrested for prostitution for allegedly soliciting a prostitute online. Christoper Bednarz, an EMT for a local ambulance company, was also arrested for allegedly soliciting a minor online and Salvador Ortiz, who worked at the front desk for the Bexar County Sheriff's Office was arrested for alleged solicitation of a prostitute.

The sting resulted in the arrests of 40 johns and 5 prostitutes. At least 100 officers were involved in this operation, including undercover officers that posed as prostitutes on the street and women or underage girls online.

"Operation Blue Ice took place on three fronts: street prostitution, online soliciation and focusing both on johns and those who provide those services," said Sheriff Pamerleau.

The goal behind the operation was to identify any possible human trafficking victims and target their traffickers.


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Adalberto - 4/18/2013 8:42 PM
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Possible human traffic activities between DIF Mexico and CPS San Antonio, and relation with the catholic Pope. The pope start visiting and made business with them, The catholic church has to recuperate the money of the sues against them in USA. He knew about the killing of millions of Chineses of a religious group, Chineses offered him the life of the Chinese children of this religious group (Genocide massacre in China). Good opportunity, he contacted Hillary Clinton, and Calderon, opus dei members, business done in high level. It seems that Joaquin Castro works for the China Imperium including India and their satellites countries like Mexico. Human Traffic between DIF Mexico to CPS San Antonio of Mexican, children from India and Chinese children. Allowing investment of American and Mexican mafias in San Antonio. Shame on Joaquin Castro. The true will come soon. Calderon and his wife controlled DIF Mexico, the only entity similar to Child Protective Services in USA and with legal authority to USCIS (Immigration), Calderon and his wife were the only taking decision of adoption in Mexico through the States, instead of help many children to legalize their situation in the States, they used them as a personal business, each child more than 15,000.00 USD, they were coming from China, India and also Mexican children to be given in adoption in the States, no body (Mexican, Mexican American families), even the personnel in DIF Mexico knows that DIF is the only legal entity recognized by USCIS to do that. Only my estimates annually with Chinese children are more 200 million dollars, but it was only a personal business of Calderon and Fox that no Mexican or Mexican American was beneficiated.

Strings - 1/23/2013 7:47 PM
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It seems to me that the city should not let these people search for the nasty online. They should block the temptation of these illegal sites and fire anyone that tries to look at little girls whoring themselves on the internet. This thing is a disease, where everyone is wrong.

SS636 - 1/23/2013 2:30 PM
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I agree with Robert - this is poor management of county resources. What are we doing going after petty issues when we have so many outstanding warrants that probably deal with graver crimes? Also, what was the deal with calling this a human trafficking arrest?? That is blatantly not true - what you did was arrest a bunch of lonely low life people like you normally do with your regular prostitution round ups. And, what is Robert talking about the Sheriff still having people from the old office on her side? I thought she campaigned saying the the old administration was inept and poorly managed? What does that say about her if she kept people on from that time - it says that she does not know what she is doing and is rounding up poor saps instead of real criminals.... LOL

FreeHole - 1/23/2013 12:37 PM
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SenoraSpurs...sadly, the main problem in the US, and in the world, is that the holders of the resources (the giga-googol-rich) don't want to create jobs for the poor. For them is safer to use just 1% of their resources to make more money, than to help their countries economies with plenty of jobs. These people need to keep the poor uneducated, uninformed and unemployed. That way they can use and abuse any man or woman they want, any way they want, any time they want. Wouldn't be great if Obama could FORCE legally every able-bodied person to work in the harvest or the manufacturing plant or at least go to college? The economy would be again the best of the world. But, see, Obama is just the president, and the groups that keep the world on its knees are waaaay more powerful. And 210Bro, that quote was hilarious. I guess the original must read, instead of "the cathouse", "the pu..y house" which is technically the same. Good one.

sraspusr20 - 1/23/2013 11:53 AM
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This is one of the oldest profession on earth! Hopefully it will stop once there are enough jobs for the human race.

210bro - 1/23/2013 10:00 AM
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Looks like there's a lot of men married to women who can't keep them happy. "Confucious say: Woman who send Man to doghouse will find him at cathouse"~Redd Foxx

FreeHole - 1/23/2013 9:22 AM
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This is not what they say. This was just a covert sting against johns soliciting services of harlots, mainly. It's just "revenue enhancement" for the city, and solves nothing about human trafficking. The crime lords and pimps are untouched, as always. Same with the drug lords in the so-called drug war. You can deceive some people all the time, or all the people sometime, but not all the people all the time. We know "authorities" prefer not to go after the real origin of crime. They just go around kicking the bush to get whatever comes out. Of course, if they really stop the real criminal bosses, crime will go down, and police officers would be let go. And nobody (read police unions) wants that to happen.

robertcollins - 1/23/2013 8:51 AM
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Mismanagement of resources! I have been told that there are over 30,000 outstanding warrants and many are for felony offenses. Why are we not placing our resourses in this area to close out these outstanding warrants. Has anyone questioned why someone would keep the same operations manager from the previous Sheriff when she accused the department of being mismanaged.

Bigsalmg - 1/23/2013 8:17 AM
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just to let you know lindab, men dont just take what they want, that is called rape!!! so when these women give the green light, its called consensual!!! killing all males is not the fix...i really feel sorry for you..250 and appalling is a rough way to live!!!! ill pray for you

JRS47 - 1/23/2013 7:37 AM
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Uh Oh! Someone in here's got some man issues.
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