EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso man was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, March 13, to nearly 22 years in prison for the production of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, according to the United States Attorney’s Office from the Western District of Texas.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received information on a video depicting child sexual abuse material that had been uploaded to a Dropbox account.
The account was traced to Jose Eduardo Larin, 36, and a review of the account also revealed additional child sexual abuse images and videos as well as documents displaying Larin’s name and photo, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
A forensic review of Larin’s cellphone, obtained from a search warrant in August 2024, revealed 3,207 files containing child sexual abuse material. Of these, there were 31 images and 31 videos depicting the material that had been produced by Larin at his residence and involved a five-year-old child, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Larin was arrested on Aug. 13, 2024, and pleaded guilty in November 2024.
Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case.
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