Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Recording His Sexual Abuse of Sleeping Child

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIO RENE GARCIA MARTINEZ, also known as "Mario Rene Martinez Garcia," 41, a citizen of Guatemala unlawfully residing in the U.S., pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to child exploitation offenses.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on two occasions in February 2024, in Connecticut, Garcia Martinez used his smartphone to record images and videos of himself sexually abusing a prepubescent minor female while she was sleeping.

Garcia Martinez pleaded guilty to production of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years, and possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.

Garcia Martinez has been detained since his arrest on March 6, 2025. A sentencing date is not scheduled.

This matter has been investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the West Haven Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel E. Cummings and Anastasia E. King with the assistance of the Office of the State's Attorney for the Judicial District of Ansonia-Milford.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

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This case is part of Operation Take Back America, 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.