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Officers rescue human trafficking victim, foil narcotics operation in South Beach
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Miami Beach Police Department officers arrested seven men on Thursday night after an investigation that lasted weeks resulted in two search warrants at two apartment buildings along the 700th block of Jefferson Avenue in South Beach.
“This area is known by Miami Beach residents as a troublesome area,” said Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the department.
On Feb. 17, a 23-year-old victim of human trafficking that was trapped in the area called 911 to ask for help just before a severe beating.
The victim told officers she was struggling with suicidal ideations and described how she had been trapped in a cycle of abuse, prostitution, and addiction since the coronavirus pandemic began, police said.
Ingrid and David Vega
It has been a very unfortunate past few days when it comes to the ever-increasing number of COVID-19 related fatalities. On Monday, December 14, 2020, Hon. David “Dido” Vega, 47, was laid to rest in an Official Funeral held in his home town of Corozal. Just days prior, on the morning of Friday, December 11, he succumbed to COVID-19 related complications at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited in Belize City. It was there that he spent his last week battling the disease since his health had begun to decline quite rapidly. His death was a somber occurrence on Friday especially since it was the day that the recently elected P.U.P. Corozal Bay area representative would have been officially sworn into the House of Representatives. Adding to the solemn mood was the news that Ingrid Vega, the wife of the late area representative, is now hospitalized herself. Just one day following her husband’s untimely passing, she was rushed to Healthcare Partners, also for COVI
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