ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – More than half a dozen suspected child predators have taken off the streets after a month-long online chat operation involving agencies from around New Mexico. On Monday, the message from the state’s attorney general is: New Mexico will not tolerate anyone looking to hurt children.
“In the last decade online child sexual exploitation and abuse has increased exponentially and is now a global epidemic,” said Special Agent Jason T. Stevens, who is in charge of Homeland Security Investigations.
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A harsh truth from some of the state’s top law enforcement officials, warning people that it’s not going away anytime soon. The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office saying Operation Overwatch, an undercover online chat investigation, helped them identify nine suspects between the middle of September to last week and arrest eight of them so far.
“These cases are sickening; the disappointing thing is we know there are more of you out there,” stated Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen.