Oscar Ramirez Jr., Transporting Child Pornography, Texas 2023

A 38-year-old McAllen resident has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for transporting child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Oscar Ramirez Jr. pleaded guilty on October 23, 2023, and was subsequently ordered to serve 180 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez. The court also heard that Ramirez had approximately 2,070 files of child pornography, including 64 videos, some of which were over 20 minutes long.

In handing down the prison term, the court reviewed victim letters and noted that child pornography is not a victimless crime, as the victims continue to suffer lifelong consequences as a result of the abuse they suffered, now memorialized on the internet. Ramirez was also ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution to known victims and will serve the rest of his life on supervised release following completion of his prison term.

During that time, he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet. The court also heard that Ramirez was previously convicted of aggravated sexual assault in 2010 and will again be ordered to register as a sex offender following this sentence.

Authorities received information in July 2022 about an individual uploading multiple files of child pornography to a Google account on May 4, 2022. The IP address associated with this activity belonged to Ramirez. A review of the Google accounts associated with Ramirez revealed images and videos of child pornography, including images and videos of a nude minor victim Ramirez had recorded from outside a window as well as from a vent in the ceiling of a bathroom.

Law enforcement executed a federal search warrant at Ramirez’s residence in McAllen in September 2022. At that time, Ramirez identified himself in videos on the Google accounts. The Homeland Security Investigations Rio Grande Valley Child Exploitation Investigations Task Force conducted the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexa D. Parcell prosecuted the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit the DOJ’s PSC page. For more information about internet safety education, please visit the resources tab on that page.

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