San Mateo man faces child porn charges

A federal grand jury has indicted a San Mateo man on a charge of distributing child pornography after allegedly sending out a video of a minor engaged in sexual conduct, authorities said.

The indictment against the man identified by authorities as 24-yearold Christian Guardado, was unsealed earlier this month, according to U.S. Attorney David Anderson of the Northern District of California. Guardado made his initial court appearance Monday after being arrested Jan. 8, authorities said.

Guardado, whom authorities said was once associated with a children’s camp. He was being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.

According to authorities,

Guardado is accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy in the fall of 2018, and videotaping it. Federal prosecutors said Guardado sent one of the videos to another person and that he made at least one other pornographic video with another suspected underaged victim that he sold to somebody else.

Guardado also is accused of contacting other minors on social media applications and that he traveled to Spain because that country’s age of sexual consent is lower than it is in the United States.

If convicted Guardado faces between five and 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Investigators are asking anyone with further information about Guardado to call 866-3472423.