Chilean National Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Knowingly Enticing Teenage California Girl to Engage in Sexual Activity

LOS ANGELES - A Chilean national was sentenced today to 135 months in federal prison for enticing a 14-year-old girl he met online - and traveled to Southern California to meet in person - to engage in criminal sexual activity and for possessing sexually explicit images of the victim on his cell phone.

Daniel Andrés Aravena Oliva, 22, of Santiago, Chile, was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald, who ordered him to pay $3,000 in restitution.

Aravena pleaded guilty in March 2025 to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and one count of possession of child pornography.

Aravena has been in federal custody since his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in August 2024.

According to court documents, from December 2023 to May 2024, Aravena used internet platforms such as Zoom, FaceTime, a virtual-reality gaming platform Roblox to knowingly entice the victim, a 14-year-old girl, to engage in criminal sexual activity. Aravena's written messages to the victim often were sexual in nature. Through those messages, Aravena persuaded the victim to have sex with him and to produce child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting herself for him.

In April 2024, the victim's family discovered the communications, blocked the victim's ability to communicate with Aravena, and reported the incident to law enforcement.

In August 2024, Aravena flew from Santiago, Chile to Los Angeles to meet and have sex with the victim. Law enforcement was alerted to his travel plans. Upon his arrival - and arrest - at LAX, Aravena knowingly possessed on his Apple iPhone - in the "deleted photos" portion of his phone - approximately 50 images of CSAM depicting the victim.

Homeland Security Investigations investigated this matter with assistance from the Glendora Police Department.

The Major Crimes Section prosecuted this case.