Garfield County anti-human trafficking operation leads to 10 arrests

Maddie Rhodes
·2 min read

DENVER (KDVR) — In early March, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, along with several other departments, conducted anti-human trafficking and fugitive location operations that resulted in the arrest of 10 suspects and the discovery of thousands of fentanyl pills.

The charges range from soliciting a child for prostitution to an arrest warrant for vehicular homicide. The sheriff’s office also said it found approximately 4.8 grams of methamphetamine and approximately 2,000 fentanyl pills during the arrests.

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The sheriff’s office worked with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the United States Department of Homeland Security and other nearby police departments to arrest the following suspects.

Yoalmo Villacorta-Lovo, 30, Anderson Abarca-Garcia, 22, Oscar Peraza Romero, 25, and Exsequiel Peralta-Meza, 33, were all charged with:

  • Internet luring of a child, a class 5 felony

  • Soliciting for child prostitution, a class 3 felony

  • Patronizing a prostituted child, a class 4 felony

  • Sexual assault of a child, (attempted), a class 5 felony

Some suspects were also arrested under similar charges.

Jose Canas Guandique, 47

  • Internet luring of a child, a class 5 felony

  • Soliciting for child prostitution, a class 3 felony

  • Sexual assault of a child, (attempted), a class 5 felony

Adonis Felipe Nino, 27

  • Internet luring of a child, a class 5 felony

  • Soliciting for child prostitution, a class 3 felony

  • Patronizing a prostituted child, a class 4 felony

  • Sexual assault of a child, (attempted), a class 5 felony

  • Unlawful possession of a controlled substance

  • Drove vehicle while under the influence of drugs

Others were arrested due to preexisting warrants.

Jose Jimenz-Bautista, 33

  • Taken into custody on an active warrant for the sexual assault of a child and sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust

James Fitzpatrick Peitler, 44

  • Taken into custody on an active warrant for the abuse of public records

Justin Zane Raulerson, 39

  • Taken into custody on an active warrant for menacing, harassment, and bias-motivated crimes

Milton Ferdyn Duarte-Garcia, 30

  • Taken into custody on an active warrant for vehicular homicide-reckless driving, criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment, false reporting, careless driving resulting in death and driving while license under restraint for an alcohol-related offense

Many of these cases are still under investigation and further charges may result from respective investigations, according to the sheriff’s office.

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