Eagle Pass CBP Officer Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

An Eagle Pass, Texas United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer, David John Castaneda II, age 40, was arrested on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, on a federal warrant of arrest relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, according to a CBP Public Relations statement.

A United States Department of Homeland Security internal investigation resulted in the arrest and filing of federal criminal charges against Castaneda.

Castaneda was assigned to the Eagle Pass Port of Entry and has been employed as a CBP Officer for 17 years.

After his arrest on April 18, 2018, Castaneda was transferred to the Val Verde County Correctional Facility to appear for his Initial Felony Appearance before a United States Magistrate Judge.

A federal criminal complaint has been filed against Castaneda in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, in Del Rio, Texas. 

On April 19, 2018, Castaneda appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Collis White of the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division for his Initial Felony Appearance and was read the federal criminal complaint filed against him and the charges that he is being charged with.  U.S. Magistrate Judge Collis White ordered that Castaneda be detained until his Preliminary and Detention Hearings scheduled for Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at which time Judge White will decide if Castaneda will be allowed to be conditionally released on a bond pending his federal criminal case. 

All persons accused of a criminal complaint or charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.