MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A northwest Miami-Dade man had child sexual abuse material up in “multiple open windows” on a computer when federal law enforcement officers raided his home on Wednesday as part of an international investigation, authorities said.
FBI agents accuse Roger Ignacio Sanchez, 63, of distributing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children across “multiple chat rooms” in an unnamed application. He now faces two federal charges.
According to a federal criminal complaint, a law enforcement officer in another country ― later implied to be Switzerland ― reported to the FBI in April 2025 that he or she was tracking a user on the application later identified as Sanchez.
That summer, authorities said an undercover FBI agent saw Sanchez distributing images and videos of child rape and sexual abuse on the application, including one depicting a victim as young as 4.
According to the complaint, during a chat with the undercover FBI agent, Sanchez “indicated that he was sexually interested in both girls and boys ages 6 to 16, but noted that he has never sexually abused a child.”
Authorities said FBI agents in Albany, New York, through a Swiss legal attaché, were able to obtain “push token” information from the application that helped them identify Sanchez.
They said his account had been blocked in August as “in the course of deleting prohibited groups” on the application.
The complaint states that in March, agents began conducting surveillance at Sanchez’s home in the 18900 block of Northwest 85th Court in Miami-Dade’s unincorporated Palm Springs North area. They said they executed a search warrant there on Wednesday.
Authorities said after clearing the home of everyone inside, they saw a computer in Sanchez’s bedroom “with an application open with multiple open windows that depicted (child sexual abuse material)” and reviewed the computer to find that he was still distributing the illicit content.
Records show he appeared in Miami federal court later that afternoon on two counts related to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
Sanchez posted a $250,000 personal surety bond, records show. He’s scheduled to be arraigned on Aug. 12.
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