FBI & ICE RAID 11 Tampa Bay Evangelical Compounds — $6M Child Ransom Cycle EXPOSED

FBI and ICE executed simultaneous raids on 11 evangelical ministry compounds across Tampa Bay — exposing a $6.1M ransom scheme targeting children of undocumented farmworkers. Discover how a single WhatsApp message to a Guatemalan farmworker unraveled a five-month federal investigation spanning four Florida counties. March 18, 2026 — Operation CLOSED GATE, Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay Evangelical Recovery Coalition, Gerald Marsh arrest. The network ran for over a year inside state-licensed nonprofits with active DCF contracts. Families paid up to $18,000 per child. Twenty-three children were recovered. Three are still missing. Over $5 million was never recovered.