A Dumas, Texas man was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material, according to an announcement from United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould.
Victor Torres, 33, pleaded guilty in May 2025 to two counts of production of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk handed down a sentence of 720 months in federal prison.
“This defendant lured vulnerable youth into his despicable crimes and deservedly received a lengthy prison sentence,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould. “We will work unceasingly with our local and federal law enforcement partners to remove these types of dangerous predators from the streets of our communities.”
Court documents state that in 2023, Torres paid two children between the ages of 13 and 14 to create sexually explicit material and send it to him online. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) began investigating after receiving a CyberTip from an online money exchange platform. This tip led investigators to several accounts used by Torres for communicating with minors. Although he was 30 at the time, Torres often told minors he was 17 and offered payment for explicit content, specifying what actions he wanted depicted.
In June 2024, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Torres’s home and seized multiple electronic devices. The devices contained evidence including search terms related to child pornography, communications with minors about producing such material, and additional images depicting abuse involving toddlers, animals, and other prepubescent children.
The investigation involved HSI offices in Dallas (Amarillo Resident Agency), Harrisonburg (VA), Buffalo (NY), Columbia (SC), Charleston (SC), as well as the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Amarillo Police Department, Pittsburg (OK) Sheriff’s Department, and Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Callie Woolam prosecuted the case.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation by coordinating efforts among federal, state, and local agencies. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc. The Justice Department also supports grants for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which operates a hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST and provides resources on missingkids.org.
