{"id":11183,"date":"2026-08-11T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=11183"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:45:01","slug":"deported-multiple-times-mexico-man-sneaks-back-into-us-gets-20-years-for-exploiting-2-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=11183","title":{"rendered":"Deported multiple times, Mexico man sneaks back into US; gets 20 years for exploiting 2 minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133154917,imgsize-58755,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg\" alt=\"Deported multiple times, Mexico man sneaks back into US; gets 20 years for exploiting 2 minors\" title=\"Mexican national Erik Santana-Garcia.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Mexican national Erik Santana-Garcia.\">Mexican national Erik Santana-Garcia.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Mexican national who had been deported from the US multiple times before illegally reentering the country has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two minors, the US Department of Justice said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Erik Santana-Garcia, 34, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced on July 30 to 20 years in federal prison without parole, followed by lifetime supervised release, according to the DOJ.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>He was convicted of interstate transportation of a minor with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity, possession of child pornography and illegal reentry into the US following a prior deportation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>ICE said Santana-Garcia had been removed from the US before illegally reentering the country and will be deported to Mexico after serving his 20-year prison sentence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The agency said the Trump administration has \u201czero tolerance\u201d for child predators and people who illegally enter the US.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Transported minor from Utah<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Santana-Garcia pleaded guilty on March 3, 2026, according to court documents. Prosecutors said he transported a minor across state lines with the intention of engaging in illegal sexual activity with the child.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>He left Utah with the minor on November 10, 2024, intending to take the child to New York. However, officers with the Oak Grove Police Department in Missouri located the pair two days later.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Material involving second minor found<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Homeland Security Investigations later found child pornography depicting a second minor on a phone seized from Santana-Garcia at the time of his arrest, prosecutors said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Santana-Garcia had previously been deported and removed from the US multiple times, most recently on March 6, 2019, according to the DOJ.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/us\/deported-multiple-times-mexico-man-sneaks-back-into-us-gets-20-years-for-exploiting-2-minors\/articleshow\/133154753.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican national Erik Santana-Garcia. A Mexican national who had been deported from the US multiple times before illegally reentering the country has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two minors, the US Department of Justice said.Erik Santana-Garcia, 34, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced on July 30 to 20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/erik-santana-garcia.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Mexican national Erik Santana-Garcia. 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