3 illegal aliens arrested in major Virginia child exploitation sting released on bond

Three of nine men arrested in a major Virginia child exploitation sting are illegal aliens with lengthy criminal histories, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Fox News.

The three men have since been released on bond.

The suspects allegedly traveled to Fairfax County to meet with minors for sexual encounters after engaging in sexually explicit conversations online with undercover detectives posing as juveniles, police said Wednesday.

The three illegal aliens were identified as Reyben Leono Sanchez Hernandez, 21, of El Salvador; Wilmer Alexander Aguilar Cruz, 28, of El Salvador; and Henry Adalberto Flores Herrera, 39, DHS told Fox News.

DHS said the three men were previously caught illegally entering the U.S. before being released under the Obama administration.

DHS blamed the administration’s immigration policies and Fairfax County’s "sanctuary" policies for what it described as an influx of criminal illegal aliens.

SPANBERGER RIPPED OVER IGNORED ICE DETAINER AFTER ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH 18 PRIOR CHARGES ACCUSED OF SEX ASSAULT According to DHS, Sanchez Hernandez’s criminal history includes solicitation of prostitution from a minor.

Fairfax County police also said he was charged with driving on a suspended license.

Sanchez Hernandez was caught illegally entering the U.S. near the Rio Grande Valley on Sept.

25, 2013, officials said.

He was released into the country about a month later.

ICE placed a detainer on Sanchez Hernandez with the Fairfax County Detention Center on July 29, officials said.

However, police said he has since been released on a $3,000 secured bond.

DHS TORCHES SPANBERGER AFTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE AT BABYSITTER'S HOUSE GRANTED BOND Aguilar Cruz was caught by Border Patrol near Hidalgo, Texas, in late 2012 before being released into the country under the Obama administration about two weeks later, according to DHS.