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Venezuelan Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Attempted Coercion of a Minor

Kleider Enrique Garcia Ochoa, 31, was sentenced in federal court for attempting to coerce a minor he met online.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 3, 2026, 9:26 a.m. ET
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Kleider Enrique Garcia Ochoa, 31, of Venezuela, was to 120 months in federal prison on September 3, 2026, for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana. U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson also ordered five years of supervised release and noted that Ochoa is subject to removal from the United States after his prison term. According to court admissions, Ochoa used social media and the name "Conociendo" to communicate with someone he believed was a 15-year-old boy in Denham Springs, Louisiana, and agreed to travel there to engage in sexual acts. An undercover officer posed as the minor, and Ochoa was arrested upon arrival. He had sent explicit images and requested similar images from the supposed minor. U.S. Attorney Kurt L. Wall praised the work of ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Allen L. Ross and brought under Project Safe Childhood.

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