WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On October 21, 2026, United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado Colón sentenced Ángel Javier Santos-Mendez to 260 months (21 years and 8 months) in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for child exploitation charges against a female minor victim. Santos-Mendez, 34, from Caguas, PR, was indicted on October 30, 2025, arrested on November 5, 2025, and pleaded guilty on April 16, 2026.
According to court documents, on September 22, 2025, Ángel Javier Santos-Mendez knowingly employed, used, and coerced his 2-year-old female minor daughter to enga...