Miami pharmacist was going to Colombia to rape preteens, feds say
Miami pharmacist hoarded over four dozen videos of sexual abuse of at least 10 girls ranging in age from 9 to 15. Local authorities discovered the illegal stash last week when they prevented him from boarding a plane to meet another preteen for sex in Colombia, officials said.
On Thursday, Stefan Andres Correa was about to board a flight from Miami to Bogota when
Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection officers stopped him to perform an outbound search, a criminal complaint read.
Officers found nine phones, each containing videos of young girls being sexually abused, the complaint read. The search revealed about 50 videos, and in at least two, the 42-year-old Correa is seen having sex with two minors.
Also uncovered was a text exchange that began two days prior between Correa and a sex traffickA er. Correa asked the trafficker about the ages of the girls he had for “commercial sex.”
The pair agreed Correa would pay the trafficker $75; the 11-year-old he would sexually abuse gets $75. Additionally, he would give her an iPhone XS Max, the complaint revealed.
He added, “If she behaves, and takes good care of me, you can keep bringing her and you’ll each get [$75].”
Correa was charged Friday with attempted sex trafficking of a minor and attempted travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct. He made his initial appearance in court that day with a detention hearing scheduled for next month.
If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison with a maximum sentence of life in prison as well as up to a lifetime of supervised release.
Officers said Correa told them he had flown to Colombia to “have sex with minors on numerous occasions.”
Correa has traveled to Colombia about 45 times, according to officials.