VIRGINIA GARDENS, Fla. — Authorities say they busted three South Florida men who went to a Virginia Gardens hotel on Thursday seeking to pay hundreds of dollars for sex with young girls. Instead, they were met by undercover detectives, according to police.

According to arrest reports from the Virginia Gardens Police Department, the agency worked with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Task Force and the Miami Police Department on the sting, similar to others conducted in recent weeks in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

In it, detectives posed as a woman pimping out two girls. They said Xavier Lopez, 30, of Miami Beach; Dominick Munoz, 23, of Surfside; and Alain Pacheco, 18, of Hialeah; agreed to pay anywhere from $250 to $650 for sex with the children.

Authorities said they detained the men as soon as each opened the door to the hotel room.

Each faces felony charges of child trafficking, traveling to meet a minor and online child solicitation.

As of Friday morning, all were being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, with bonds listed as “to be set” in online jail records.

Trio accused in child prostitution sting in Virginia Gardens

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