Walter Alexander Ejcalon Xalcut, Sex Trafficking of Minors, Texas 2023

Sex Trafficking Ring Busted in Texas

A six-defendant sex trafficking and alien harboring conspiracy has finally been brought to an end with the arrest of the last man involved in the case.

Walter Alexander Ejcalon Xalcut, also known as Chapin, a 27-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested last night in Houston. The suspect is set to make his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Frances Stacy at 2:00 p.m. today.

Xalcut is charged alongside five other men: Hugo Alexander Melendez-Gonzalez, Jose William Quintanilla, Franciso Guerra Yvinni Pleitez, Adelio De Jesus Batres, and Mariano Quintanilla-Campos, all of whom are from El Salvador.

The indictment alleges that the defendants were involved in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor by force and coercion, as well as sex trafficking of a minor and an alien harboring and transporting conspiracy.

According to the indictment, from late 2010 to the present, all defendants conspired to cause a person less than 18 years of age to engage in a commercial sex act and did, in fact, cause two minor victims to engage in a commercial sex act.

The defendants allegedly instructed minor undocumented victims and young women how to solicit and charge for commercial sex acts and collected the fees that were paid.

The case was investigated by the FBI, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Doug Davis is prosecuting the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/another-charged-and-arrested-sex-trafficking-minors-conspiracy