EXCLUSIVE: Seventy people were arrested across Mississippi during a two-week Homeland Security Investigations operation targeting child exploitation offenders and previously convicted sex offenders, including illegal immigrants, federal officials announced.

The two-week operation, Operation Muddy Waters, was the work of several federal, state and local agencies and generated new child exploitation charges ranging from illegal immigrants who allegedly crossed state lines to abuse minors to others accused of trading child sexual abuse material.

The following people were arrested on charges during Operation Muddy Waters, according to the…

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