News Americas, SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Fri. June 17, 2011: A 33-year-old Puerto Rican school bus driver has been iced for producing child pornography and sexually enticing a minor.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested Ricardo Del Valle-Diaz, 33, of Caguas, Puerto Rico after receiving a complaint on June 10th from the Puerto Rico Police Department’s Sexual Crimes Division in Caguas stating that Del Valle-Díaz had video and audio recording of a special education student engaged in a sexually explicit conduct while on the school bus.
Del Valle-Díaz has been charged in a criminal complaint for using, persuading, enticing, and coercing a girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct, specifically lascivious exhibition of the genital areas and performing sexual acts. Valle-Díaz allegedly promoted this behavior so he could produce a video image using the camera of his computer which had been mailed, shipped or transported in interstate commerce.
If convicted, Del Valle-Diaz faces a minimum 10 years and a maximum of life in prison. He had his initial hearing June 16 before Magistrate Judge Marcos Lopez. He was then transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, awaiting the outcome of his case.
“The increase in the number of cases involving child pornography and sexual enticement in our jurisdiction is alarming,” said Roberto Escobar Vargas, special agent in charge of ICE HSI in San Juan. “Those involved in this despicable crime should know that ICE HSI will pursue them, and we will not rest until they are brought to justice.”
