A Mexican national has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
Felipe De Jesus Solis-Rivera, 32, of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 121 months in prison for access with intent to view child pornography. The sentence was handed down on January 1, 2022, by U.S. District Judge David Counts.
According to court documents, Solis-Rivera was reported for taking photos of a man in the restroom of an Eagle Pass store on July 14, 2019. Solis-Rivera voluntarily allowed authorities to look at the contents of his phone. Eagle Pass Police discovered videos and photos depicting child sexual abuse material.
Solis-Rivera was arrested July 14, 2019, and transferred into federal custody July 23, 2019. He pleaded guilty July 10, 2021. U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza of the Western District of Texas made the announcement, stating that the sentence ‘serves as a reminder that we will continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute those who engage in this heinous crime.’
The HSI and Eagle Pass Police Department investigated the case, with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sarah Spears, Rex Beasley, and Antonio Franco Jr. prosecuting the case. This case was brought as 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.
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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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