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HSI St. Paul Investigation Lands 10-year Sentence for Guatemala’s Gerber David Santos-Gonzalez for Child Sex Trafficking

U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol has sentenced a Guatemalan man to 10 years in federal prison after he was convicted of attempted enticement of a minor using the internet and attempted sex trafficking of a child following a Homeland Security Investigations Sioux Falls investigation.

The charge of attempted enticement carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.

Gerber David Santos-Gonzalez, 26, was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2024. He was found guilty following a jury trial in October 2024.

On Jan. 13, 2025, Santos-Gonzalez was sentenced to 10 years and one month in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $200.

Santos-Gonzalez is required to register as a sex offender once released from federal prison.

The conviction stemmed from an incident on March 12, 2024, when Santos-Gonzalez used Facebook and Facebook Messenger to convince a 15-year-old girl to have sex with him in exchange for $100.

The 15-year-old girl was actually an undercover law enforcement officer. Santos-Gonzalez was arrested when he attempted to meet up with the girl in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Santos-Gonzalez was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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