Manuel Mateo Chunzho Canar

On January 28, 2026 Officers of the East Metro Human Trafficking Taskforce placed a fictious advertisement that appeared to depict a minor female seeking clients to engage in commercial sex. On January 28 a phone number ending in 6971 (later identified as belonging to CHUNHO CANAR, MANUEL MATEO [DOB REDACTED]) contacted the ad multiple times and engaged with an officer pretending to be the minor [NAME REDACTED]. Defendant learned the individual was 16 years old and after that agreed to meet up to have sex in exchange for paying the 16 year old.

On January 28, 2026 officers were waiting in an agreed upon location, the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Greeley St, in Stillwater, Washington County. Defendant arrived in a white Chevrolet Trax. The officer in contact with Defendant relayed to other officers Defendant had arrived in a white Chevrolet Trax. Only one vehicle in the parking lot matched that description and Defendant was taken into custody. Defendant's phone and $120 were recovered.