Grand Jury Indicts Four for Possession of Child Pornography
A federal grand jury indicted four peope in Puerto Rico in four separate cases for possession of child pornography, a Department of Justice news release said Friday. Each was charged with knowingly possessing images and videos of minors on their…
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laptop computer and storage device, including prepubescent minors, engaging in sexually explicit conduct, the release said. Those charged are William Camacho-Ríos of San Juan, Luis Caraballo of Carolina, Carlos Colón-Rivera, of Toa Baja, and Donato Ruiz-Rivera, of Quebradillas. “People need to understand that the minors depicted in those images and videos are re-victimized every time someone downloads and/or watches them,” said U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. If convicted, the defendants would spend a minimum 10 years behind bars, the release said. The cases were brought as part of the Project Safe Childhood initiative, which marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, and to identify and rescue victims, the release said.