HONDURAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 180 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

United States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Olvin Rodriguez-Inestroza, age 23, of Honduras, to 180 months in federal prison following his conviction for distribution of child pornography. He must serve five years of supervised release after his term of imprisonment. In addition to the term of imprisonment, the Court ordered Rodriguez-Inestroza to pay $57,000 in restitution to the victims and ordered him to register as a sex offender upon his release. Rodriguez-Inestroza, a Honduran citizen who is present in the United States without authorization, may also be deported from the United States upon completing his sentence.

Rodriguez-Inestroza used internet-based accounts and a social media mobile application to distribute, trade, and receive child pornography. In addition to distributing files, he also possessed hundreds of videos and thousands of images of child pornography on his smartphone. Some of the videos included child pornography involving toddlers and two of the videos involved sexual activity with animals.

This matter was investigated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Baton Rouge Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Edward H. Warner, who also serves as Deputy Criminal Chief.

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. 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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc.

This case is also 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. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).