The church leader and co-defendants are alleged to have committed 26 felonies — including human trafficking, production of child porn and forcible rape of a minor — in L.A. County between 2015 and 2018
Naason Joaquin Garcia, the leader of La Luz del Mundo, walks among his parishioners in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2017. He was arrested in California on charges of human trafficking, rape and other felonies, authorities said. church will remain in jail until at least Monday unless someone can pay the portion of his $50-million bail needed to release him.
Prosecutors said that the increased bail was because of additional information learned from search warrants but didn’t provide further details. The arraignment of Garcia and his co-defendants was continued to Monday. Garcia, Ocampo, 36, and Oaxaca, 24, appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday morning to be arraigned on the charges against them. Garcia wore a wrinkled, short-sleeved white shirt and black pants as he sat quietly in the corner of the courtroom’s custody box, speaking occasionally to consult with attorneys. Oaxaca, who wore a long-sleeved white blouse, and Ocampo — in an orange jail jumpsuit — sat nearby.
Prosecutors allege Garcia and his co-defendants committed sex crimes locally for years while leading La Luz del Mundo, which translates to the Light of the World. The organization, which claims more than 1 million followers worldwide, has churches in East and West L.A., Orange County and Palm Springs.
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