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BROWNSVILLE, Texas A 34-year-old resident of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced for possessing child pornography found on his cell phone as he tried to enter the country, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Juan Jesus Banda-Olivo pleaded guilty Jan. 25.

U.S. District Judge Rolando Olvera has now ordered Banda-Olivo

to serve 97 months in federal prison. Garza was further ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to a known victim and will serve eight years on supervised release following completion of his prison term. During that time, he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet. He will also be ordered to register as a sex offender.

On Aug. 15, 2022, Banda-Olivo attempted to make entry into the United States through the Veterans Port of Entry. Authorities believed he was in the country illegally and sent him to secondary inspection.

There, law enforcement conducted a consensual search of Banda-Olivos cell phone and discovered multiple photographs and videos of child pornography. The investigation revealed Banda-Olivo possessed 1,223 unique images and videos of child pornography on his cell phone and his cloud storage account. Some of the images included images of the sexual abuse of toddlers and prepubescent minors. The images found on the seized cell phone were submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for victim identification.

Banda-Olivo has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ana C. Cano prosecuted the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section leads PSC, which marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and identifies and rescues victims. For more information about PSC, please visit DOJs PSC page. For more information about internet safety education, please visit the resources link on that page.

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