Gerardo Aurelio Iturbide, Child Pornography, Utah 2025

Utah Man Charged with Child Pornography in the District of Utah.

A 24-year-old man from Mexico, residing illegally in Hurricane, Utah, has been charged with producing and distributing child sexual abuse material involving a teenage girl.

Gerardo Aurelio Iturbide, residing in Hurricane, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.

According to the allegations in court documents, on November 23, 2025, Iturbide met three underaged teenage girls at a gas station parking lot in Hurricane. He took the girls to a nearby hotel, where he booked a room. He then gave the girls alcohol and sexually abused two of them. He filmed himself sexually abusing one of the underaged victims and sent the video to his friend using a messaging app on his phone. He encouraged his friend to come to the hotel room.

Police arrived at the scene after one of the victims called 911. Iturbide is currently being held on state charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.

Iturbide is the third illegal alien to be charged with a federal crime in the District of Utah this year as part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant: Gerardo Aurelio Iturbide, 24, of Mexico; Charges: production of child pornography, distribution of child pornography; City and State: Hurricane, Utah; Date: November 23, 2025; Sentence/Outcome: Currently being held on state charges.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.

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