SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Today, four individuals were arrested by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on criminal charges related to child exploitation. On February 26, 2026, a federal grand jury returned four separate indictments charging four individuals for child exploitation, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
The defendants arrested today are:
Héctor Rafael Cuadrado-Abadía, 44, of Caguas, PR
Héctor Luis Olmedo-Burgos, 27, of Naguabo, PR
Frederick Jesús Pinto-Rodríguez, 23, of Yabucoa, PR
Daniel Delgado-Delgado, 31, of Yabucoa, PR
According to court documents, all the defendants knowingly possessed, received and distributed child pornography using their cellular devices. The four defendants are facing two counts each: (1) receipt/distribution of child exploitation material, and (2) possession of child exploitation material.
“There’s no greater priority than safeguarding our children from those who seek to exploit or harm them,” said W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to continuing our joint efforts with our state, local and federal partners to locate these offenders and ensure that they are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
“This investigation exposed the disturbing reality behind the exchange of child sexual abuse material – individuals sharing explicit images of minors without remorse and revictimizing those children every time those images are circulated,” said Yariel Ramos, Acting Special Agent in Charge of HSI. “Today we shut down that chat with a clear message: if you exploit our children, you will go to jail.”
If convicted, the defendants face the following sentences: (1) receipt and distribution of child exploitation material – a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years; (2) possession of child exploitation material – a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Assistant US Attorney (AUSA) Elba Gorbea, of the Child Exploitation and Immigration Unit, is prosecuting the cases.
For more information about HSI’s efforts to protect children from sexual predators, visit iGuardians™: Combating Child Predators and to denounce suspicious activities call 787-729-6969.
For more information about HSI’s efforts to protect children from online sexual abuse, visit https://www.ice.gov/topics/iGuardians.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
