Four of 11 suspected sex offenders arrested in Indiana sting are
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
Eleven men thought they were chatting with underage girls in Indiana. Instead they were talking to undercover officers, and four of them now have a very different summer planned. The sting, run by the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children task force, pulled in veterans, a youth sports coach, a church volunteer.
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Four out of 11 alleged sex offenders arrested during a police sting operation in Indiana are illegal immigrants from four different countries, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The men thought they were communicating with underage girls online before driving to meet them for what they believed were sexual encounters, authorities said.
Instead, they were met by undercover detectives. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged detainer requests for the four suspects. They were identified as: El Hadji Babacar Ndiaye, a Senegalese citizen who was caught and released at the southern border in September 2023 in Lukeville, Arizona, by the Biden administration.
Lucky Philip Udoudo is a Nigerian citizen who entered the US as a got-away at an unknown time and location. Filomeno Ricardo Flores Marin is a Mexican citizen who entered the US illegally in Arizona in 2002.
David Josue Gomez-Posada is a Salvadoran citizen who came into the US illegally in 2017 as a juvenile. “We are calling on Indiana to honor our detainers,” a DHS spokesperson told Fox News. “All of their claims will be heard by an immigration judge, and they will receive due process.
This administration will not ignore the rule of law.” Marin is charged with two counts of sex offenses, and one count each of molestation of a minor and enticement of a minor for indecent purposes. His criminal history also includes a prior arrest for stolen property.
He was previously arrested by ICE on Jan. 18, 2019, while assisting the Drug Enforcement Administration on an operation in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was released on bond on March 7, 2019. Udoudo is charged with child solicitation and sexual misconduct with a minor.
Gomez-Posada is charged with child solicitation, and Ndiaye is charged with child solicitation. “Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, if you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the US ,” the DHS spokesperson said.
DHS noted that seven of the top 10 safest cities in the US cooperate with ICE, adding that partnerships with law enforcement were critical to combating crime and arresting illegal immigrants. The agency cited 40,000 arrests made in Florida and a two-week operation in West Virginia that resulted in the arrests of 650 illegal immigrants.
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Eleven men thought they were chatting with underage girls in Indiana. Instead they were talking to undercover officers, and four of them now have a very different summer planned. The sting, run by the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children task force, pulled in veterans, a youth sports coach, a church volunteer. The one thing they shared was a willingness to show up for what they thought was a kid.
That detail matters. It’s easy to pretend predators are shadowy strangers who lurk in the dark. But these men lived ordinary lives and still made a choice that should haunt any parent. We should say plainly that this sort of work matters. It’s not glamorous, but it is exactly the kind of policing that guards the people who can’t guard themselves. The officers did the patient, grubby work of pretending to be someone they weren’t so a real child never had to meet them. That’s how a community actually keeps its kids safe.
Of course, stories like this also expose the lie that we can just trust the system to handle things quietly. Every one of these arrests is a reminder that there is no substitute for aggressive law enforcement. Call it harsh, call it old-fashioned, but the alternative is a world where predators move freely through schools, churches, and neighborhoods. And we’re expected to just hope they won’t strike again.
The courts now have a chance to.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.