Overview

• A newly unsealed federal case charges García and five lieutenants with racketeering, sex trafficking and child pornography involving victims across several countries.
• The indictment describes forced incest, masked victims and compelled group sex, portraying systematic abuse directed by García.
• Prosecutors say church leaders transported victims to New York, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Poland and South Africa for abuse.
• García was moved into federal custody as the case was unsealed, and his 79-year-old mother, Eva García de Joaquín, was arrested in Los Angeles.
• García is serving a 16-year, 8-month California sentence from a 2022 plea, and his attorney calls the federal charges recycled and unfounded.