ST. LOUIS – An undocumented immigrant living in St. Charles County was indicted Thursday on a federal child pornography charge.
Francisco J. Ocana-Talamantes, 46, was indicted on one count of receiving child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The indictment accuses Ocana-Talamantes of receiving images that contained child sexual abuse material via the internet between Feb. 11, 2020, and March 14, 2024.
A motion seeking to have Ocana-Talamantes held in jail until trial says that he is in the country illegally, and he was already in custody prior to the charge.
“The FBI and our local law enforcement partners had been investigating Francisco Ocana-Talamantes for his alleged crimes against children,” said Special Agent in Charge Ashley Johnson of the FBI St. Louis Division. “Because this defendant had entered the country illegally, the FBI was able to expedite his federal indictment and arrest by leveraging our assistance to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement action.”
If convicted, Ocana-Talamantes could be sentenced anywhere from five to 20 years in prison.