Former Capo Teacher And Coach Charged In Sex Tourism

DANA POINT, CA —A former Dana Hills Spanish teacher and youth baseball coach already serving a sentence for teenage sexual assault and possession of child pornography was expected to plead guilty Tuesday to an additional federal child sex tourism charge.

In February, prosecutors accused Ezequiel Christopher Barragan of traveling to China to have sex with a 16-year-old boy and produce child pornography.

"Barragan traveled in August 2009 to China, where he coerced a boy to engage in sexual conduct so that he could produce a visual depiction of such conduct," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The 52-year-old Aliso Viejo man was expected to plead guilty to the felony charges that could carry a possible maximum 30-year federal prison sentence.

Barragan was serving a five-year state prison sentence that began in September of 2016 for sexual assault of young teenagers when the additional charges were filed.

In addition to his prison sentence, Barragan was to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, she said.

Barragan, a former Spanish Teacher at Dana Hills High School taught in the Capistrano Unified School District for over 20 years, until his 2015 arrest. He was involved in coaching youth baseball at various leagues of various ages, including the junior high and high school levels, OCDA Chief of Staff Susan Kang Schroeder said.

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