FBI Media Release
Special Agent in Charge David Cuthbertson

660 Mesa Hills Drive El Paso, TX 79912

To: All print and broadcast media

Contact: Special Agent Andrea Simmons
915/832-5373

February 1, 2008

Parra Arrested for Child Pornography

The El Paso Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Fernando Parra, 31 years of age, of El Paso , Texas , on January 31, 2008 . Parra was arrested on three counts related to child pornography.

Parra was arrested in El Paso without incident. This was a probable cause arrest.

He is charged with one count of receipt/distribution of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)2; one count of possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)4B; and one count of interstate transportation of obscene material, 18 U.S.C. 1462.

Parra’s initial appearance is this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Norbert Garney.