A Levelland man who produced child sexual abuse material was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison, according to a release by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould.
Camilo Reyes Castillo, 47, pleaded guilty in October 2025 to seven counts of production of child pornography. On March 26, 2026, Castillo was sentenced to 720 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix.
The FBI Dallas Field Office (Lubbock Resident Agency) and Texas DPS conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Callie Woolam prosecuted the case.
The plea agreement states Castillo received 360 months for counts one through six to run concurrently with one another. Castillo also received 360 months for count seven, with that sentence to run consecutively to counts one through six.
According to court documents, in early 2025, agents with the Texas DPS learned that Castillo was likely producing and trading child sexual abuse material online.
A witness told investigators that Castillo spoke about two male children he had access to and how he sexually assaulted them at his home. On March 14, 2025, investigators with DPS accessed the witnesses Telegram account to communicate with Castillo.
On May 27, 2025, DPS analysts linked Castillo’s phone number to three tips in the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children database. Authorities investigated one of the tips, which showed videos of child pornography, which were sent via Yahoo email.
DPS investigated Castillo and his online presence and confirmed that he was involved in producing and sharing sexually explicit material involving young boys.
On June 16, 2025, DPS executed a search warrant at Castillo’s residence in Levelland. Catillo was indicted on July 9, 2025, on six counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
Investigators searched Castillo’s cellphone and found approximately 170 images and videos of child pornography in the deleted folder.
Court documents reflect that Castillo agreed to speak with agents. Castillo claimed he “groped” the two male children over their clothes and recorded one of the children in the shower.
Agents searched the contents of Castillo’s cell phone and located approximately 170 photos and videos of child pornography in the deleted folder. Among the files were seven videos of child pornography Castillo produced of the two male children he claimed he groped. Date and timestamps from the videos revealed they were produced on March 11, 2025.
The videos depicted Castillo sexually abusing two male children, ages 9 and 12. The children were identified and interviewed and described Castillo sexually abusing them.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Dallas Field Office (Lubbock Resident Agency) and DPS conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Callie Woolam prosecuted the case.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative, which was launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Led by U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals, who sexually exploit children, and identify and rescue victims.