Mexican national illegally in US charged with creating, distributing pornography of Utah minor girls

Gerardo Aurelio Iturbide, 24, a Mexican national living illegally in Hurricane, Utah, was indicted Tuesday and charged with production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.

According to the Justice Department, on Nov. 23, 2025, Iturbide met three underage teenage girls at a gas station parking lot in Hurricane. He took the girls to a nearby hotel where he booked a room. He then gave the girls alcohol and sexually abused two of them. He then filmed himself sexually abusing one of the underage victims and sent the video to his friend using a messaging app on his phone. Afterwards, he encouraged his friend to come to the hotel room. Police arrived at the scene after one of the victims called 911.

He is currently being held on state charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. His next court appearance is scheduled for Monday, March 16.

The case is being investigated by the Hurricane Police Department with assistance from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

The case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.