Six men accused of talking to minors online and going to a location for sex were arrested Thursday after a targeted effort by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies posed as 15-year-old boys and girls on dating websites and social media, according to a sheriff’s office news release. The men contacted the undercover deputies and were arrested where they thought they would meet the teenagers, the sheriff’s office said.

The suspects include Mario Bautista-Perez, 26, of Beaverton; Alfonso Cuevas-Alvarez, 40, of Oregon City; Larry Liu, 22, and Daniel Yim, 37, of Bethany; Shawn O’Brien, 30, of Portland and Pavel Protopopov, 25, of Washington state. They were charged with luring a minor and first-degree online sexual corruption of a child.

-- Christina Morales; cmorales@oregonian.com; 503-221-5771; @Christina_M18

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