Miami pharmacist who sexually abused girls in Colombia is off to prison, feds say
Stefan Andres Correa, 42, was arrested in April 2024 at Miami International Airport after officers searched nine phones Correa had on him and inside his luggage. They found more than 100 videos of Correa having sex with more than 50 young girls — some as young as 9, court records show.
Correa admitted that he was traveling to Bogota, Colombia, to sexually abuse minor girls. Officers, records show, uncovered text messages where Correa offered a sex trafficker $75 to sexually batter children between 10 to 12 years old.
In March, Correa pleaded guilty to attempted sex trafficking of a minor and production of child sexual exploitation material. He was handed down his lengthy sentence on Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom.
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'This prosecution and this sentence should serve as a warning to any predator who is trying to travel through our District to prey on children. We will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,' U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O'Byrne said in the Southern District of Florida's news release. '...Predators such as Correa are a scourge upon humanity, and must be dealt with accordingly.'
In messages with a sex trafficker, Correa said he would give a girl an iPhone XS Max, according to court documents. He, in another text, wrote, 'If she behaves, and takes good care of me, you can keep bringing her and you'll each get [$75].'
When Correa spoke to investigators, he told them he had traveled to Colombia about 45 times to 'have sex with minors,' records show.
In a letter to the judge, Correa said he was taking accountability for his actions — and stated that he 'had a unhealthy yet treatable sex drive.'
Correa will be locked up at the Federal Correctional Institution Marianna, a medium-security prison in Florida's Panhandle.
The case was investigated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations agents in Miami, Cleveland, Ohio, and Bogota, Colombia. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lauren Astigarraga, the deputy chief of the major crimes division, prosecuted Correa.
'This investigation underscores the global and horrific nature of child sex trafficking and the importance of international cooperation to end it,' said Jose R. Figueroa, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Miami, in a news release.
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