A 18-year-old Honduran national, Osman Daniel Vasquez-Mejia, has been charged with serious federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas related to the kidnapping of a child from Louisiana.
According to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs, Vasquez-Mejia was named in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury this week in the Eastern District of Texas.
The indictment charges Vasquez-Mejia with kidnapping, transportation of a minor, and improper entry by an alien.
If convicted, Vasquez-Mejia faces life in federal prison.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (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.
A federal indictment is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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