Seven men from across Massachusetts have been arrested on child exploitation charges as part of an operation connected to the FIFA World Cup, federal and state officials announced Tuesday.
Those arrested were identified as Julio Aguilar, 42, of Saugus; Kenneth M. Berry, 45, of Middleboro; Manjil Bhusal, 21, of Somerville; Jonathan Matthew William Durocher, 34, of Brockton; Trevon Hubbard, 31, of Middleboro; Krish R. Patel, 26, of Quincy; and Gerald Sabatinelli, 71, of Hyannis.
All seven were arraigned in Brockton District Court on state charges of sex for a fee with a child under 18, enticement of a child under 16, and attempted rape of a child.
FBI Boston said the arrests were part of the task force's broader effort to combat human trafficking and child sexual exploitation surrounding World Cup events.
Child Pornography Conviction
The sweep follows a separate federal conviction in Boston earlier this month. A jury found Tramonte Jamier Queen, 27, guilty on June 4 of two counts of producing child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 17 before U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin.According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, between October and December 2021, Queen had sex with a minor and instructed her to film those encounters, directing her to engage in commercial sex with buyers. A cell phone recovered at the time of his February 2022 arrest contained videos of the abuse.
Queen was also previously convicted in January of sex trafficking a child and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity—charges stemming from his exploitation of a separate 16-year-old victim he caused to engage in commercial sex at his Dorchester home and at hotels in Rhode Island.
"Tramonte Queen preyed on children for profit and his exploitation of vulnerable victims ends now," U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley said in a statement at the time. "We will continue to root out sex traffickers like Queen and aggressively prosecute them to ensure that justice is served."