Joaquín García gets 16 years and 8 months in prison for pleading guilty to three felony counts of sexual abuse of child under the age of 16.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
June 8, 2022
Los Angeles, California - On Wednesday, Naasón Jaoquín García, 53, the religious sect leader from La Luz del Mundo (Light of the World sect) headquartered in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico was sentenced to 16 years and 8 months to prison in a California Superior Court for two state felony counts of forcible oral copulation involving minors and one felony count for a lewd act on a 15-year-old female child.
During sentencing on Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Ronal Coen called Joaquín García a sexual predator.
Joaquín García's sex crimes against young girls were committed between 2015 to 2018. Under the guilty plea agreement by Joaquín García, prosecutors reduced the more than 26 felony counts he was facing including child rape, human trafficking to only three felony counts. If Joaquín García would have refused to take the plea agreement, he would have been facing life in prison when convicted on all counts.
The California Department of Justice alleged that Joaquín García committed more than 26 felonies in Southern California over a period of approximately four years. Joaquín García allegedly coerced young victims into performing sexual acts by telling them that if they went against any of his desires or wishes as "the Apostle," that they were going against God.
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