A former San Diego-area preschool teacher who pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography was sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison.
Paul Torres Jimenez De La Cuesta, formerly of Imperial Beach, was arrested in June of 2020 following an investigation that revealed he was"trading child sex-abuse materials via online chat groups," according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations.
He was arrested at his workplace in Poway and pleaded guilty last year to one count of distribution of images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.RELATED: Federal authorities seek potential victims of ex-preschool teacher who worked at San Diego County schools An ICE news release issued last year regarding his arrest and guilty plea stated Torres had been employed either full-time or as a substitute teacher at the following San Diego schools:
Torres also has worked at Concordia Church & School on Discovery Falls Drive in Chula Vista, Soroptimist International of the Americas in Tijuana, and My Room to Grow Preschool in Poway.
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