According to Four Corners K9 Search and Rescue, Cassandra Blackhorse Called home after this bulletin went up. We are still awaiting her physical return home. This fundraisers is celebrating the return of the Arizona trafficked victims, and the 200 missing found in May of 2023 by the U.S. Marshal Service During their "Operation We Will Find You", campaign and returned to their homes home. 

The U.S. Marshal's News Release Article on The Successfully Recovered Missing Children

"Washington, DC – The United States Marshals Service (USMS), along with state and local agencies in 16 federal judicial districts and geographical locations across the U.S., led a 10-week national operation that resulted in the recovery or safe location of 225 endangered missing children, which includes runaways and those abducted by non-custodial persons.

Operation We Will Find You is a nationwide missing child operation focused on geographical areas with high clusters of critically missing children. 

With technical assistance from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Operation We Will Find You resulted in the recovery of 169 children and the safe location of 56 children. During the operation, the U.S. Marshals Service referred 28 cases to law enforcement agencies for further investigation of crimes such as drugs and weapons, sex trafficking, and sex offender violations. Law enforcement reported allegations of trafficking in over 40 cases the U.S. Marshals Service assisted with. Of the cases closed, 86% were endangered runaways, nearly 9% were family abductions, and 5% were considered otherwise missing. The youngest child recovered was six months old.  Additionally, of the missing children recovered, 62 percent were recovered within seven days of the U.S. Marshals Service assisting with the case. 

“The U.S. Marshals Service is fully committed to the important mission of protecting the American people, especially our most vulnerable population – our children,” said Ronald Davis, Director of the Marshals Service. “The results of this operation underscore that commitment, but also highlight the necessity of these critical efforts. Our continued success can only be achieved through our collaboration with state and local law enforcement agencies, and partnership with NCMEC. Together, the USMS and NCMEC have recovered over 3,100 missing children since the passage of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act in 2015.”

“Operation We Will Find You is a great example of how the U.S. Marshals Service continues to prioritize child protection,” said NCMEC President & CEO Michelle DeLaune. “NCMEC is proud of our long-standing partnership with the USMS and commends them and the participating state and local agencies who helped recover the 225 endangered missing children.”

The operation was conducted from the following locations: eastern Virginia; Washington D.C.; Maryland; Massachusetts; South Carolina; New Orleans; San Antonio; Detroit; Yakima, Washington; Orlando, Florida; Los Angeles; northern Ohio; Guam; Puerto Rico; and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  

During the operation, 42 children were found outside the city where they went missing, and 10 children were found outside of the United States in Mexico. 

In addition, the USMS arrested a Top 15 Most Wanted couple who fled to Mexico from Washington state with their five children, who they had taken into hiding. 

Operation We Will Find You presented the U.S. Marshals Service with an opportunity to expand and highlight partnerships among law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to find critically missing children, and to bring more attention to the epidemic of missing children in America.  

These missing children were considered some of the most challenging recovery cases in the area, based on indications of high-risk factors such as victimization of child sex trafficking, child exploitation, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and medical or mental health conditions. In addition, other children were located at the request of law enforcement to ensure they were safe and confirm the child’s location. 

The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 enhanced the U.S. Marshals’ authority to assist law enforcement with recovering endangered missing children, regardless of whether a fugitive or sex offender was involved. The U.S. Marshals Service established a Missing Child Unit to oversee and manage the implementation of its enhanced authority under the act. Members of the U.S. Marshals Service - Sex Offender Investigations Branch, the Behavioral Analysis Unit, and the Missing Child Unit began training personnel in the participating locations months before the operation to ensure that case selection, vetting, and all pre-operational requirements were met."  

https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-find-225-missing-children-16-locations-across-nation-during

Why SPIFYF is Facilitating it's Celebrating The Return of Our Missing & Indigenous Conference At Sea  instead of on Land

Shemot Psychosocial Interventions and Wings For L.I.F.E. International Presents

OUR OCTOBER 2024 CONFERENCE CRUISE AT SEA ABOARD HOLLAND AMERICA

Join us at we tour sites on this 14 day voyage such as Israel, Italy Athens and Rome

Our Cruise Theme is

“Celebrating The Return of Our Four Corners Missing & Indigenous Residents”

Conference Cruise At Sea

This Is Our Fundraiser Toward Our Four Corners Anti Trafficking Crisis Intervention Network

Come and Join Us As We Celebrate The Return of Our Four Corners Missing &

Indigenous Residents Who have Miraculously Returned To Us, After Escaping

Human Traffickers. 

At Our Conference At Sea, you'll learn more about Shemot Psychosocial Interventions For Youth's & Families Efforts to keep our Native Kids, and Our Four Corners residents from being trafficked across the mediterranean, Law enforcement speakers and providers will give workshops on how to keep states free of Traffickers, and How we're creating protocols for Foreign and Domestic victims who somehow end up in The Four Corners States

Events At Sea

• Campfires on The Deck

• Family Feud For Behavioral Health Professionals Game with CEU’s

• Come on! Bring your family and friends and Earn Ethics in Prevention CEU’s

• While Playing The Game Show Password! Help us POW WOW with our Native Youth as

• we engage in a frank TV SHOW called “Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Talks”

• Conference Registration Fee is $100. For every room booked, funds are donated

• toward our kids socialization Program and our network . 

For more an agenda and itinerary information Contact Lilah Westrick-CEO with Shemot Psychosocial Interventions For Youth & Families  at (505) 471-3000. 

To Register and book your Holland America Cruise contact Roy and Kathy Witman with Cruise vacation center at 1-800-803-7245 cruiseinfo@cruisevacationcenter.com

Interested In Sponsoring This Event? Order Our Sponsorship Package by email @ Lilahw@shemotpsychosocialinterventionsforyouth.org

Help us Combat Trafficking in The Four Corners and Stop Traffickers From Taking Native American Residents Overseas By Joining The Blue Campaign to Educate America!!!