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SPOKANE – A Warden man pled guilty to production of child pornography and child sex trafficking, pursuant to a plea agreement, March 31.

Senior District Judge William Fremming Nielsen will decide whether to accept the plea agreement during a sentencing hearing set for July 6.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Washington, Carlos Salgado Velasquez, 30, engaged in conduct with four minor females that constituted both the production of child pornography and child sex trafficking from September 2016 through September 2018. Velasquez admitted to knowingly taking...