Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - Two illegal immigrants, one of which is HIV positive have been arrested in Miami, Florida after allegedly mol£st!ng a minor on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
Jose Diaz, 36, and Ricardo Leal, 37, were taken into custody on Friday
by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office after the pair allegedly s£xually
ass@ulted a 14-year-old boy in the ship's sauna, according to records
reviewed by Local 10.
The victim told police that he found himself trapped in the sauna with
the Mexican natives on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas on
Thursday.
The teen said Diaz, who is HIV positive, and Leal, both
masturb@ted in front of the teen while forcing him to touch them, records
show.
At one point, Leal allegedly forced the
victim to perform a s£x act on him and molested him, the report said.
Diaz and Leal, both Mexican natives, are facing several charges,
including lewd and lascivious molestation of a child 12-16 years old.
Diaz is also facing an additional charge for not disclosing his HIV
status to the minor, while Leal is facing a sexual battery charge.
They were both arrested once the ship returned to PortMiami on Friday.
Diaz invoked his right to counsel while his alleged partner in crime
told authorities that the 'sexual acts were consensual,' the affidavit
said.
They were both denied bond Saturday, as a
prosecutor said: 'The defendant, in this case, acting in concert with another
defendant, they were both on a cruise.
'This shows that they tried to target a
specific minor, and this could be done again.'
Diaz is being held in the Turner
Guilford Knight Correctional Center while Leal is being held in
the Metrowest Detention Center, jail records show.
They are both being held without bond and are
also on immigration holds, records show.
They both reside at the same address in
Mexico City, according to the outlet.
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