The U.S. Marshals Service in Colorado announced on Tuesday that 11 “critically endangered” missing children were recovered as part of a two-week, multi-agency effort dubbed “Operation Lost and Found.”
According to the federal law enforcement agency, the children were between the ages of 12 and 17 and had all been reported missing to local authorities.
The effort was conducted throughout the Denver metropolitan area from Nov. 7 to Nov. 18 in coordination with the Aurora Police Department and the National Centers for Missing and Exploited Children.
“These children … were considered to be some of the most at-risk and challenging recovery cases in the area, based on indications of high-risk factors such as victimization of child sex trafficking, child exploitation, sex abuse, physical abuse, and medical or mental health conditions,” the U.S. Marshals stated in a Nov. 29 news release….