Weslaco man sentenced to 8 years in prison for child porn
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Mexican citizen residing in Weslaco has been sent to federal prison for receiving material that contained child ...
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Mexican citizen residing in Weslaco has been sent to federal prison for receiving material that contained child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. 38-year-old Jose Arturo Barrera-Torres pleaded guilty on June 30. Barrera-Torres was sentenced to eight years in federal prison by a judge. The court heard information that included victim impact statements about being abused continuously online. In addition, the court heard that Barrera-Torres received, watched, and deleted child pornography from the peer-to-peer platform from 2021 to the most recent downloads in February 2023.