{"id":392032,"date":"2026-07-09T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392032\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:16:08","slug":"texas-man-arrested-in-child-exploitation-investigation-involving-california-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392032\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas man arrested in child exploitation investigation involving California victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALIFORNIA (FOX26) \u2014 A Texas man has been arrested following a multi-state child exploitation investigation that began in Stanislaus County.<\/p>\n<p>The Stanislaus County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says the investigation started in February 2026 after a local mother reported that an unknown man had contacted her child online and allegedly requested sexually explicit images.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives identified the suspect as 26-year-old Miguel Angel Lagos Ezquivel of Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say he communicated with more than 30 juvenile victims across multiple states, including 14 who have been identified in California, Arizona, Texas, Illinois, Colorado, New Mexico, and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Additional victims are still being identified in several states.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/former-visalia-unified-employee-case-ends-in-12-guilty-pleas-nearly-12m-in-settlements-dejaun-jones-mt-whitney-high-school-tulare-county-jail-attorney-brendan-gilbert-taylor-and-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Visalia Unified employee gets 5 years in state prison for lewd acts with teens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A search warrant was conducted at his house with assistance from the Fort Worth Police Department, HSI Dallas, and HSI Stockton.<\/p>\n<p>Ezquivel was arrested in Texas on May 10 on state child pornography charges.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to face additional federal charges as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>The case involved multiple law enforcement agencies across the country, including Homeland Security Investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff&#8217;s Office is urging parents to monitor their children&#8217;s online activity and report suspicious contact to law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALIFORNIA (FOX26) \u2014 A Texas man has been arrested following a multi-state child exploitation investigation that began in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-392032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}