FBI: Raid catches child porn suspect in the act

Law enforcement officers investigating a San Antonio man suspected of child pornography activity said they caught him with his pants down — literally.

Court records said an FBI-led task force raided the Northeast Side apartment of Carlos Sanchez on Friday, surprising the 51-year-old man as he watched child porn and touched himself.

He was arrested on a charge of distributing child pornography, punishable by five to 20 years in federal prison.

At a hearing Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Pamela Mathy denied him bail.

A criminal complaint affidavit said Sanchez admitted to agents that he had used numerous file-sharing networks to receive and distribute child porn since 1999.

“Also during this interview Mr. Sanchez informed the interviewers that he has 'full blown AIDS' and is intentionally having unprotected sex with random males that he meets in the local parks,” the affidavit said. “Mr. Sanchez further stated that he not only peruses the local parks for male sexual partners but also purchases cocaine and marijuana while there.”

The affidavit said Sanchez also told agents that the night before the raid, he had gone to McAllister Park to buy cocaine, but could not find someone to have sex with.

He then went to Olmos Park, where he picked up a man and took him to his apartment for sex, the affidavit said.

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