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NM Department of Justice arrests man accused of distributing child sexual abuse material
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An Albuquerque man has been accused of distributing dozens of sexual images of minors through a peer-to-peer file-sharing platform.
Jonathan Anzures, 36, is charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
He is represented by the public defender鈥檚 office, which declined to comment Tuesday.
Court records show that Anzures is scheduled to have a detention hearing Wednesday.
According to a pretrial motion, his arrest comes after a monthslong undercover online investigation involving an Internet Crimes Against Children task force and the New Mexico Department of Justice.
The investigation identified suspects using BitTorrent (or torrent), a file storage system, 鈥渢o identify suspects using the platform to upload and share child sexual exploitation material/child sexual abuse material.鈥�
According to the motion, 鈥渋n light of the heinous nature of the defendant鈥檚 crimes, his overt violations of the law, the strength of the evidence in the present case, shows that the defendant is a danger to the community and that there are no conditions or combination of conditions that would reasonably protect the community.鈥�
The state Department of Justice said between Jan. 24 and Thursday, the DOJ received 57 images from an individual using an IP address that was traced to Anzures鈥� girlfriend.
The motion states that after the DOJ arrived at Anzures鈥� girlfriend鈥檚 home with a warrant, Anzures gave the DOJ special agent the passcode to his cellphone. On the phone was 鈥渃hild sexual abuse material鈥� that showed children under 18 posing nude in a 鈥渓ewd and lascivious fashion.鈥� On a tablet, which Anzures鈥� girlfriend told the DOJ belonged to him, were 鈥渄ozens of images and videos鈥� of other minors, including those younger than 13.
Despite Anzures鈥� arrest, the Department of Justice expressed concern about Anzures in the pretrial motion. 鈥淭he ease of access to digital devices and the inability of pretrial services to actively monitor digital media of the defendant ensures that there is no way to prevent re-offense,鈥� the motion states.
鈥淓ven at maximum supervision with pretrial services, the pretrial service officers do not conduct home visits and do not monitor electronic communications.鈥�
