ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Luis Moreno, 40, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced on Feb. 18 in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico to 25 years in prison for production of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
Moreno previously pleaded guilty to this offense on Nov. 13, 2019. According to public court documents, Moreno admitted using a video camera on his mobile phone to record a 12-year-old child engaged in sexual explicit acts.
Moreno must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after completing his sentence and pay $30,000 in restitution.
Homeland Security Investigations and the Sunland Park Police Department investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marisa A. Ong prosecuted this case as part of the Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and DOJ’s 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 http://www.justice.gov/psc/. Individuals with information relating to suspected child predators and suspected child abuse are encouraged to contact the Children’s Advocacy Center tip line at (575) 526-3437.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
