An investigation conducted by ICE led to the sentencing of Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo, 31, to 18 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors through a popular social media platform.
A federal grand jury indicted an illegal alien, April 17, for his alleged role in smuggling an unaccompanied alien child to the United States and for allegedly submitting a sponsorship application with false statements to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement to gain custody of the minor after she entered the United States, following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, FBI, investigation.
Abel Airam Franco Garcia, 22, of Sonora, Mexico previously plead guilty to smuggling goods from the United States.
ICE agents arrested Raul Moises Martinez Rivera, 25, from Carolina and a teacher at a local San Juan charter school April 10 on criminal charges related to his alleged child exploitation conduct.
David Lisandro Perez Figueroa, 23, of Monrovia, was sentenced in Central District of California, ordered to pay $2,799 in restitution, and placed on lifetime supervised release.
Victor Villalba-Bustamante’s arrest stems from an incident in which he was found in a hotel room with a 14-year-old female victim who was reported missing.