Takedown with Chris Hansen · Livingston Parish, Louisiana investigations
Francisco Javier Villanueva-Castro
Francisco Javier Villanueva-Castro pleaded guilty to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor after a February 2025 Denham Springs sting.
- Outcome
- Convicted
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Livingston Parish, Louisiana
- Encounter
- Not established
- Case number
- Not established
Charges & sentence
United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Attempted coercion and enticement of a minor
Convicted7
Sentence
Unknown
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
United States District Court for the Middle District of LouisianaHansen investigation · Convicted
- Court
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Attempted coercion and enticement of a minor
Convicted7
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. Individual name, location and outcome searches completed on 2026-10-23. No present custody status inferred. Actual federal plea confirmed; subsequent sentencing stage and imposed sentence not established by the material reviewed. No actually imposed sentence for this sting offense established by the reviewed sources.
Media
Sources
- 1Ep. 8 - Three AmigosPublisher catalog: Season 13, episode 8. Playback availability was not tested.
- 2Ep. 8 - Three AmigosThe current publisher episode description places this encounter in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. It does not state a criminal disposition or sentence.
- 3Illegal alien pleads guilty in federal court to attempted coercion and enticement of a minorVillanueva Castro pleaded guilty to attempted coercion and enticement involving the February 2025 Denham Springs decoy sting; no sentence is stated.
- 4Chris Hansen vs. A Crowd - Takedown - Season 13, Episode 8Official TruBlu YouTube upload. The public player metadata reported this upload playable without channel membership. Metadata provides a media association only, not independent proof of legal allegations or outcomes.
- 5Full Episode - Three Amigos - Takedown with Chris HansenOfficial TruBlu YouTube upload. The public publisher listing or watch page marks this upload as members-only; subscriber playback was not tested. Metadata provides a media association only, not independent proof of legal allegations or outcomes.
- 6Chris Hansen Partial Episode - Takedown - Three Amigos - S13, E8Official TruBlu YouTube catalog entry. Access and playback were not verified; the channel catalog establishes the upload title and video identity only. The person association uses the cited publisher episode metadata and named episode index; no legal facts are inferred.
- 7Villanueva Castro federal guilty pleaNames the 29-year-old defendant and his guilty plea to attempted coercion and enticement from the February 2025 Denham Springs decoy encounter. No imposed sentence is reported.
- 8Takedown with Chris Hansen episode listEpisode-to-subject associations from season tables, revision 16419. Legal-status cells are not imported.