27-Year-Old Humacao Man Arrested for Child Exploitation Charges

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On September 17, 2025, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Jan Robert Ayala De Jesús, a 27-year-old man from Humacao, Puerto Rico, with criminal charges related to child exploitation, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Today, FBI special agents arrested Ayala De Jesús.

According to court documents, on or about December 18, 2024, defendant Jan Robert Ayala De Jesús knowingly transported a 13-year-old female minor with the intent that the minor engage in sexual activity, for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense under the laws of the United States of America and Puerto Rico, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2423(a).

“Our dedicated team of prosecutors, victim witness specialists, and support personnel will continue to work with our equally-dedicated law enforcement partners to combat child exploitation and to bring these offenders to justice,” said W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. “This type of exploitation of children has no place in civilized society.”

“Protecting children from exploitation is one of the FBI’s most urgent priorities,” said Devin J. Kowalski, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s San Juan Field Office. “Our work does not end with this arrest. We remain focused on identifying every victim and making sure every predator faces the full weight of the justice system.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Daynelle Álvarez-Lora of the Crimes Against Children, Human Trafficking and Immigration Unit, is prosecuting the case. 

If convicted for the charge of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity the defendant faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years up to life in prison, to be followed by a term of supervised release after imprisonment of no less than 5 years up to life. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Tips and information assist the FBI and its federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute crimes. Citizens with information about child exploitation crimes or any other federal crime are asked to contact the FBI San Juan Field Office at 787-987-6500, or to submit tips through the FBI’s internet complaint portal at Tips.FBI.gov.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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.

An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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