Plainview Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

Alejandro Aguirre, 28, of Plainview, Texas, pleaded guilty to Production of Child Pornography announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.  Aguirre pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Amanda ‘Amy’ R. Burch and was immediately remanded to custody pending sentencing.

According to court documents, in June 2023, officers with the Amarillo Police Department received information that Aguirre was contacting minors through a social media application and that he had sexual intercourse with at least one minor.  One of the minors, who was 16 years old, was forensically interviewed and stated that Aguirre had sexual intercourse with her in Amarillo.

When APD detectives interviewed Aguirre, he admitted to having sex with the minor and recording it on his cell phone.  APD detectives obtained a search warrant for Aguirre’s cell phone and recovered the video Aguirre described.  However, the minor in the video was not the one that had been forensically interviewed.

APD officers contacted a detective with the Plainview Police Department to help identify the minor in the video.  The Plainview Police Department detective was able to identify the minor as a 16-year-old Plainview resident.  

That minor was forensically interviewed and stated that Aguirre had messaged her on a social networking application.  The minor stated that Aguirre made a video of them having sexual intercourse in Plainview, which was the video found on Aguirre’s cell phone.

Aguirre faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison.  His sentencing date has not been set.

The Amarillo Police Department and Plainview Police Department conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Rancourt is prosecuting the case.