Today, Tucson resident Vittorio Francesco Castillo-Gonzalez, 27, was sentenced to 30 years’ incarceration for his part in two federal child pornography cases.
In the first case, which arose in Arizona, the defendant was charged with distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography after a 2009 investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed Gonzalez’s large-scale trading and distribution of graphic and sadistic child pornography.
In the second case, which arose from an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations Agents out of Louisiana, the defendant was charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography for his part in producing a series of videos depicting a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct in 2012 and 2013.
The defendant entered guilty pleas in both cases on Nov. 12, 2015, after the Louisiana matter was transferred to the District of Arizona. Gonzalez’s term of imprisonment will be followed by lifetime supervised release with stringent sex offender conditions and the requirement that he register as a sex offender.