Update on Border Patrol agent toddler child pornography case.
This agent’s crimes are so disgusting and violent that he should be put away for life. Fortunately for Mejia Gomez, Jr., Judge Lantham is willing to uphold that rape culture and ignore most of his crimes.
For those following the case of Yuma, Arizona Border Patrol agent Nereo Mejia Gomez, Jr., he has finally agreed to a plea deal with U.S. prosectors. This sweetheart of a deal was accepted and approved by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gayle Helart and U.S. District Court Judge Krissa M. Lanham on May 22, 2026. Missing from the plea agreement are charges related to the picture above where Mejia Gomez, Jr. recorded child pornography of a girl living in his house. Other charges dropped included child pornography using toddlers ages 2-5 years. In these videos, men are seen grooming babies and toddlers to accept sex abuse and to gratify their abusers.
AUSA Helart and Judge Lanham apparently do not care about the toddler child pornography, the victims or the defendant’s engagement of producing some of the videos. Judge Lanham has yet to sentence Mejia Gomez, Jr. Sentencing is expected to be between 10-40 years, but there are multiple avenues that can reduce this pedo’s sentencing.
The rape culture of the U.S. Border Patrol is rarely ever adjudicated. When it is, this is the standard: prosecutors and judges dropping the most serious charges and giving lighter sentences. This agent’s crimes are so disgusting and violent that he should be put away for life. Fortunately for Mejia Gomez, Jr., Judge Lanham is willing to uphold that rape culture and ignore most of his crimes.
Send your complaints to:
Assistant U.S. Attorney Gayle Helart : Ofc US Attorney, 40 N Central Ave, Ste 1800 2 Renaissance Square, Phoenix, AZ 85004-4449. Phone: 602-514-7517.
U.S. District Judje Krissa M. Lanham: Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse
401 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85003. Phone: (602) 322-7590.