Honduran Criminal Alien Apprehended in Pensacola Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

Pensacola, Florida - Osman Edgardo Cubas-Alvarenga, 38, a Honduran illegally present in the United States, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of production of child pornography and one count of illegal reentry of an alien. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

U.S. Attorney Heekin said: "For more than a year, this criminal alien preyed upon and sexually exploited a minor child while he was illegally present in our country. This heartbreaking story underscores the commonsense reason why we must secure our borders and aggressively enforce our nation's immigration laws: because the safety of our communities depends upon it. I appreciate the incredible investigative work by our state and federal law enforcement partners to help bring this criminal alien to justice, and commit that my office will continue to aggressively prosecute sexual predators, like this defendant, to keep our kids and our communities safe."

Court documents reflect that between January 2025 and February 2026, the defendant was engaging in a secret "relationship" with a sixteen year old victim in Pensacola. The defendant would communicate with the minor via encrypted social media applications, which included them exchanging sexually explicit material. The defendant video recorded sexual acts with the victim. Law enforcement obtained search warrants to uncover all the digital evidence and arrest the defendant.

The defendant faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years' imprisonment and up to 30 years' imprisonment, and a lifetime of supervision upon release as well as registration as a sexual offender. He also faces removal from the United States.

Sentencing is scheduled for September 24, 2026, at 10:00 am, at the United States Courthouse in Pensacola, Florida before United States District Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Florida Highway Patrol. Assistant United States Attorney David L. Goldberg is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood and Operation Take Back America. Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC. Operation Take Back America is a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

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