By JAVIER MANJARRES

Another Democratic operative, Jason Loera, is under the criminal microscope of the federal government, after being accused by FBI agents of  hacking into the personal email account of New Mexico’s Republican Governor, Susana Martinez.

While federal agents executed a search warrant of  Loera’s home, looking for evidence to build the email hacking case, agents allegedly found child pornography on his home computer.According to the New Mexico Watchdog, Loera appeared in Albuquerque’s U.S. District court to face several  counts of child pornorgraphy that were levied against him.

According to the FBI, who post the arrest on their website, stating that Loera was indicted on three charges, two of them being “receiving visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct and one count of possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.” Loera faces a maximum of sentence of no less than 5 years or more than 20 years in prison.

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According to an affidavit submitted by an FBI special agent, Loera controlled the hacked domain site and the 44-year-old Loera had “numerous text messages, chat conversations, and emails” with Jamie Estrada, a former Martinez campaign employee who is facing a 14-count indictment of hacking into the Martinez email account and allegedly
Last month, Estrada entered a not guilty plea and has maintained the charges are based on accusations from people in the Martinez administration who are “com(ing) after me in an attempt to divert attention from their own improper actions, including the suspected Albuquerque Downs Racino bid rigging.”

That’s in reference to a controversial 25-year lease with the owners of the Downs at Albuquerque to operate a “racino” and build an estimated $20 million casino on the grounds of the New Mexico State Fair.-New Mexico Watchdog

Loera has not been indicted yet, and is currently on supervised release.

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