TUCSON, Ariz. - On Oct. 21, 2019, District Judge James A. Soto sentenced Carlos Cantizano, 46, of Rialto, California, to 120 months imprisonment followed by lifetime supervised release. Cantizano is also required to register as a sex offender. A federal jury previously found Cantizano guilty of Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s 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.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The investigation in this case was conducted by Agents from the Nogales and Douglas Offices of Homeland Security Investigations. The prosecution was handled by Carin C. Duryee and Carmen F. Corbin, District of Arizona, Tucson.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
