A two-day operation targeting child exploitation in Opelika led to the arrests of 11 people.

The operation was carried out Feb. 20 and Feb. 21 by Opelika police, the Lee County District Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Covenant Rescue Group.

The suspects, according to court records, believed they were interacting with a 15-year-old child, and some of them offered to pay the “teen” to have sex.

Those arrested were:

• Courtney Rashad Avery, 40, of Opelika – child solicitation by computer and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Grant Kisang Lee, 43, from, Johns Creek, GA. – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful ex act.
• Ismel Cano Montealegre, 21, of Montgomery – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Victor Lewis Dowdell II, 27, of Auburn – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Javier Perez, 25, of Auburn – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Jacob Andrew Fahringer, 23, of Auburn, – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Arnulfo Diaz-Alvarado, 27, of Dothan – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Efraim Perez Vaquero, 22, Union Springs – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Seungyun Lee, 28, of Auburn – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Quyen Huu Nguyen, 29, of Auburn – two counts of prostitution with a minor, two counts of Child Solicitation by Computer, and two counts of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• Marcus Savon Wilson, 44, of Auburn – prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

Covenant Rescue Group is a nonprofit organization that aims to bring hope and freedom to victims of human trafficking. They partner with law enforcement agencies to provide training and assist in operations.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call Opelika police at 334-705-5220 or the Secret Witness Hotline at 334-745-8665.