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MCALLEN, Texas - A South Texas man has received federal prison time for a child sex abuse scheme in which he used a minor relative to find a find another minor he solicited for sex.

The convict was found to have offered the girl money and drugs in exchange for illegal sexual favors.

South Texas child sex crimes

Rogelio Pruneda III, 29, of Hidalgo, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to his offenses in June. He was charged with distributing videos of sexual activity to a minor.

The court found that those videos were of his actions with the minor he recruited through the help of his minor relative, which he sent to the victim who he sexually abused, according to the release from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Prundeda was found to have engage

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