Eight missing children have been rescued in Kansas City, Missouri, following a human trafficking operation conducted during the FIFA World Cup, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on July 13. Kansas City hosted six 2026 World Cup matches.
DHS said that federal agents partnered with local law enforcement in the operation aimed at getting “heinous criminals off Missouri streets,” but did not provide further details.
“When we work together, our communities and the American people are safer,” the agency said in a post on X, sharing a Fox News interview in which Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe talked about the operation.
Kehoe told Fox News on July 13 that the operation in Missouri resulted in the arrest of five migrants from Guatemala and Mexico….