According to deputies, the 11 suspects walked into a house where they thought they were meeting either a 14-year-old girl or a 15-year-old boy for sex.
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The boy and the girl were fake accounts set up as decoys by the sheriff's office as part of an undercover operation similar to the ones on TV show 'To Catch A Predator'.
The 11 men are only the tip of the iceberg.
The sheriff's office says nearly 50 men expressed sexual interest and sent explicit pictures online to try to solicit their decoys. The 11 men, ranging in age from 18 to 45 and residents of cities in Tulare County, were the ones who physically entered the house to meet them.
According to the sheriff's office, these are the men who were arrested as part of the operation:
Knute Mynderup, 45, Resident of Hanford
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Jonathan Molina, 21, Resident of Visalia
Joseph Maldonado, 19, Resident of Visalia
Andres Terrazas, 24, Resident of Visalia
Alexander Ortega, 20, Resident of Tulare
Michael Nilo, 25, Resident of Visalia
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David Ramos, 35, Resident of Lemon Cove
Danny Balang, 26, Resident of Visalia
Daniel Canales, 18, Resident of Visalia
Nelson Guiza-Rangel, 26, Resident of Visalia
Edwin Delamora Guzman, 43, Resident of Visalia