They arrested the head of Mexico's largest evangelical church for child pornography and rape of minors

Naasón Joaquín García, leader of the main evangelical church of Mexico, "The light of the world"He was arrested in California where he is accused of rape of minors, dissemination of child badgraphy and traffickingannounced the US lawyer Tuesday.

According to Xavier Becerra's statement, police arrested Garcia with alleged accomplices for "crimes committed between 2015 and 2018" in Los Angeles while he was running "the international religious organization based in Mexico City, which claims to have more than a million supporters the world ".

The leader of this Christian church and the other defendants –two women arrested, Alondra Margarita Ocampo, 36, and Susana Medina Oaxaca, 23, and Azalea Meléndez Rangel, researcher and capture, are believed to have forced the victims, four minor girls, "practice badual acts by telling them that if they went against the wishes of the apostle& # 39; ", the title attributed to García, "they opposed God"explained the California attorney.

All four are brought before the Los Angeles County Superior Court of Justice. 26 bad crimesincluding trafficking in persons, child badgraphy and child rape.

The complaint describes the victims as Jane Doe 1,2,3 and 4. According to the document, Alondra Ocampo forced the girls to naked dance for Garcia. On another occasion, Ocampo ordered the girls to touch each other badually and took pictures to send to Garcia, according to the newspaper. The country. One of the girls was touched by Garcia in his Los Angeles area office.

Another girl was raped by García and Ocampo "with great physical damage"On another occasion, she was forced to practice oral bad.

The complaint speaks of a third victim forced to have oral bad with the accused. On this occasion, Garcia, Ocampo and Medina Oaxaca participated. A fourth girl was raped at least twice Joaquín García and Azalea Meléndez Rangel.

To some of the victims, Garcia "told them about a king who had lovers and baderted that an apostle of God can never be judged for his actions".

The church "Luz del Mundo", a religious institution based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara that has presence in nearly 60 countries, was founded in 1926 by Aarón Joaquín González, father of the current leader.

The court put a $ 25 million deposit for Naasón García. In a statement, the church denied the "false accusations"against his" international president "and badured that he trusted" the judicial institutions of this country "to judge" the exemplary attitude and integrity of the apostle Naasón Joaquín ".

Hundreds of faithful from the evangelical church gathered Tuesday in Guadalajara to pray for the release of their ruler and ask God to give Garcia "all the strength" necessary to take a step ahead of it. "crossroads" from where he "will come out unblemished".