Two Individuals Sentenced for Child Exploitation

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On February 10, 2026, United States District Court Judge Gina R. Méndez-Miró sentenced David Montes-García, 49, from San Juan to 12 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. David Montes-García was indicted on February 20, 2025, and arrested on October 15, 2025.

According to court documents, from August 2023 to June 2024, Montes-García knowingly possessed sexually explicit images and videos of minors and minors engaging in sexual acts, including images of infants and prepubescent minors or minors who had not attained 12 years of age. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Human Exploitation Investigation Group executed a search warrant on Montes-García’s mobile device and found a total of 367 images, including pictures and videos of infants, prepubescents minors, and adolescents engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

The defendant plead guilty on October 9, 2025, to one count of possession of child pornography. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daynelle Álvarez-Lora of the Crimes Against Children, Human Trafficking and Immigration Unit, prosecuted the case. The Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force led by HSI was in charge of the investigation, with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Police Department.

In a second unrelated case, on February 5, 2026, defendant Derek Orengo-Delgado, of Ponce, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Aida M. Delgado-Colón, to 13 years and 4 months in prison for transportation of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. According to court documents, in January 2025, Orengo-Delgado knowingly transported a 15-year-old female minor to a motel in Juana Díaz to engage in sexual activities and had taken sexually explicit images of the minor. Defendant Orengo-Delgado was indicted on May 7, 2025, arrested on May 8, 2025, and pleaded guilty on October 23, 2025.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jenifer Y. Hernández Vega, Chief of the Child Exploitation and Immigration Section, prosecuted the case. The Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force led by HSI was in charge of the investigation, with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Police Department.

U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico and Yariel Ramos, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations San Juan made the announcement.

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