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Jose Hilario Aldana-Moreno, 37, of Baltimore, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison, followed by 40 years of supervised release, for sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography, US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron announced on Tuesday, Jan. 30.
Aldana-Moreno was a truck driver who frequently traveled for work, court documents say. On at least five occasions between 2014 and 2020, Aldana-Moreno “engaged in video chats with the victim and convinced the victim to pose for him, taking screenshots of her genitals,” according to the documents.
The victim, who was 10 years old when the abuse began, was also photographed and video recorded by Aldana-Moreno, who “[documented] his sexual abuse of the victim at her home and when the victim traveled with him.”
Aldana-Moreno was arrested in January 2022. A search of his cell phone revealed that he “used a messaging application to send a video depicting the genitals of two prepubescent males to two separate individuals on May 29, 2018,” his plea agreement says.
Upon release from prison, Aldana-Moreno must register as a sex offender in the places where he lives, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”).
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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