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March 11, 2026

The trial of Naasón Joaquín set for March 2027

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The trial against Naasón Joaquín García, leader of La Luz del Mundo, accused of human trafficking, sex trafficking and organized crime, was scheduled in the United States for March 2027. The trial against the leader of La Luz del Mundo, Naasón Joaquín García , his mother Eva García de Joaquín , and collaborator Joram Núñez Joaquín , accused of organized crime, sex trafficking, and […]

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2025

Articles of events that took place in the year of 2025.

FBI has closed its investigation

August 20
Sources state that the FBI has officially closed its investigation into García and other leaders of La Luz del Mundo after more than four years of probing allegations including child sexual abuse […]
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Naasón Joaquín García Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy, Sex Trafficking, And Child Exploitation

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September 10
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security revealed to Univision that they opened an investigation against Naasón Joaquín García after a complaint filed in New York by a person who claims to be a victim of the leader […]
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Suburban La Luz Del Mundo church leader ordered held in child sex trafficking case

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September 16
A federal judge in Chicago on Monday ordered the pastor of a local chapter of the La Luz del Mundo megachurch held in custody to face federal charges alleging he helped cover up […]
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Mexican megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges

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September 23
NEW YORK — Mexican megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to sex trafficking charges during his first appearance in a New York federal court, where he is charged along with his […]
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2023

Articles of events that took place in the year of 2023.

Two faithful of La Luz del Mundo face complaints of child abuse

August 31
Alan Jackson, the chief attorney for the leader of the La Luz del Mundo church, warned in a document submitted to the Los Angeles Superior Court that his client would face […]
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Department of Homeland Security opens investigation against Naasón Joaquín García, leader of La Luz del Mundo

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September 15
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security revealed to Univision that they opened an investigation against Naasón Joaquín García after a complaint filed in New York by a person who claims to be a victim of the leader […]
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Imprisoned ‘apostle’ of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo charged with federal child pornography

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October 26
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of a Mexican megachurch who is serving more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing young followers was charged Wednesday with two federal crimes involving a 16-year-old girl, prosecutors said.

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2022

Articles of events that took place in the year of 2022.

Lawyer for the leader of La Luz del Mundo fears that his client will be sentenced to life imprisonment

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January 11
Alan Jackson, the chief attorney for the leader of the La Luz del Mundo church, warned in a document submitted to the Los Angeles Superior Court that his client would face a life sentence if convicted of 19 criminal charges, including sexual abuse of minors. […]
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A new complainant accuses the leader of the church La Luz del Mundo of sexual abuse

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February 23
The legal problems of Naasón Joaquín García continue to grow. Another young Californian woman assures that the pastor sexually abused her in her house in Guadalajara in 2018, after a religious event […]
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Lawyer for the leader of La Luz del Mundo fears that his client will be sentenced to life imprisonment

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March 21
In one of the most extensive judicial documents that have been presented in the case of Naasón Joaquín García, his legal defenders describe several alleged examples of how the prosecutors distorted the dialogues of the complainants to incriminate their client. […]
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Thousands of messages from the "victims" of Naasón Joaquín that the prosecutors did not read: a stumbling block before the trial

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May 7
It was revealed in court in Los Angeles, California, that the prosecutors leading the case against the spiritual leader of the La Luz del Mundo church made the mistake of not checking the cell phones of the accusers. Due to this failure, the selection of the jury has been postponed for nine months. […]
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Without showing the face of the "victims": this will be the judgment of the leader of The Light of the World.

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June 1
A judge in Los Angeles outlined on Wednesday what the trial of Naasón Joaquín García, the spiritual leader of the La Luz del Mundo church, who faces charges of human trafficking, rape and possession of child pornography, will be like. The process will begin on June 6 with the selection of the jury. Naasón Joaquín, […]
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Accomplice of Naasón Joaquín is sentenced to one year of probation and avoids going to jail

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June 6
Susana Medina Oaxaca, who is an accomplice in the case of sexual abuse of minors against the leader of the La Luz del Mundo church, was sentenced to one year of probation, so she avoids going to jail, according to information from the Court Upper Los Angeles, California. It is the result of an agreement with the California […]
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2021

Articles of events that took place in the year of 2021.

Judge grants the leader of La Luz del Mundo church two months to contact witnesses

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February 11
The lawyers of the leader of the church La Luz del Mundo, Naasón Joaquín García, detained in the Central Men's Jail in Los Angeles, accused of multiple charges of sexual abuse of minors, asked the judge this Wednesday […]
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Judge protects 37,000 messages from women who accuse the leader of the church La Luz del Mundo

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March 26
The legal defense of Naasón Joaquín García, leader of the La Luz del Mundo church, received a new setback this Friday: a Los Angeles judge denied that they review more than 37,000 written messages […]
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Trial of the leader of La Luz del Mundo will begin on September 27

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April 12
A judge from the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California, ordered this Monday that the trial of Naasón Joaquín García, leader of the evangelical church La Luz del Mundo, who faces multiple charges of sexual abuse of minors and  […]
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Univision Investigates: "The Dark Light of the World"

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May 16
Naasón Joaquín García, the top spiritual leader of La Luz del Mundo Church, is being held in Los Angeles for sexual abuse and child pornography, among other charges. This “Aquí y Ahora” and Univision Investiga special presents never heard testimonies of former members […]
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California Court rejects new appeal from the Leader of La Luz del Mundo

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May 26
A California court on Wednesday rejected the appeal process filed a few days ago by the lawyers of Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of [...]
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2020

Articles of events that took place in the year of 2020.

Attorney general reviewing court ruling to dismiss megachurch leader’s abuse case

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April 7
The criminal case against the leader of a Mexico-based megachurch on charges that included child rape and human trafficking was ordered dismissed Tuesday by a California appeals court on procedural grounds  […]
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La Luz del Mundo church leader faces new rape charges

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July 30
The state’s attorney general has filed new charges against the leader of the Mexico-based La Luz del Mundo megachurch, who has been accused of raping children under the guise of his leadership. The charges, filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior […]
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Judge hikes bail for La Luz del Mundo leader to $90 million

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July 30
A judge on Thursday set bail at $90 million for the leader of La Luz del Mundo church, all but ensuring that the religious leader, Naason Joaquin Garcia, will remain jailed as he awaits trial on charges of raping children and possessing child pornography, […]
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Agent details child rape, pornography case against La Luz Del Mundo church leader

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August 12
Since the day he stepped off a private jet at Los Angeles International Airport and was arrested last June, Naason Joaquin Garcia, the leader of an international church headquartered in Mexico,  […]
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La Luz Del Mundo leader held on all counts of rape, child pornography and sex trafficking

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August 20
One after another, the agents from the California Department of Justice took the witness stand and related what the teenage girls and young women had told them: Naasón Joaquin Garcia, the leader of  […]
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Judge dismisses extortion counts in Luz del Mundo sex abuse case

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October 21
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has thrown out several counts of extortion against the head of La Luz del Mundo church in a case where prosecutors say the leader used his base to groom underage victims for his sexual pleasure.  […]
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Alleged groomer of teen victims in La Luz del Mundo sex abuse case says she was victim too

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November 3
A woman accused of grooming teenage girls for the sexual pleasure of the head of La Luz del Mundo church has come forward and is now alleging through her attorney that she too was a victim. Alondra Ocampo, who has reached a plea deal in the case set for trial in Los Angeles County Superior […]
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Mexican investigators file money-laundering complaints against La Luz del Mundo

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December 23
MEXICO CITY — Mexican investigators said Tuesday that they have filed money-laundering complaints against La Luz del Mundo church — whose leader has been charged in California with rape and sex-trafficking — and four other religious groups in Mexico. The announcement from […]
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2019

Articles of events that took place in the year of 2019.

Attorney General Becerra Arrest Naasón Joaquín García

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June 4
SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the arrest and filing of charges against Naasón Joaquín García (Joaquín García) and his co-defendants for alleged human trafficking, production  […]
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La Luz del Mundo church leader held on $50-million bail in rape, child porn case

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June 5
The leader of La Luz del Mundo church will remain in jail until at least Monday unless someone can pay the portion of his $50-million bail needed to release him. Naasón Joaquín Garcia, 50, and co-defendants Alondra […]
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With its apostle accused of rape and sexual abuse, La Luz del Mundo comes out fighting

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June 16
For its faithful, the leader of La Luz del Mundo is “the apostle” of Jesus Christ. God made it so. Hundreds of thousands of parishioners gathered in Guadalajara last month to celebrate their leader’s 50th birthday. They filled t […]
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With its apostle accused of rape and sexual abuse, La Luz del Mundo comes out fighting

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July 8
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The leader of the Mexico-based megachurch La Luz Del Mundo faces charges including rape of a minor, extortion and human trafficking, but his lawyers are doubling down his defense. […]
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Citing new evidence, judge angrily denies bail for leader of La Luz del Mundo church

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July 16
The leader of La Luz del Mundo church remained impassive in a Los Angeles courtroom as a witness for prosecutors described a video that he alleged showed Naason Joaquin Garcia participating in a sexual  […]
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Prosecution fines rescinded in La Luz del Mundo church leader case

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September 20
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge has rescinded sanctions against two prosecutors whom she said had failed to give defense lawyers evidence in a case against a Mexican megachurch leader charged with child rape and  […]
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The latest on La Luz Del Mundo’s plans for 272-acre Flowery Branch site

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November 2
No formal papers have been filed or public meetings held since a religious group’s plans for a 272-acre development in Flowery Branch became public more than a year ago. But Mexico-based La Luz Del Mundo hasn’t given up its vision for a  […]
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Ephesians 5:11

About LLDM

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What is LLDM

The "Iglesia del Dios Vivo, Columna y Apoyo de la Verdad, La Luz del Mundo", (English: Church of the Living God, Column and Ground of the Truth, The Light of the World)—or simply La Luz del Mundo—is an organization proclaiming to be a Christian church with international headquarters in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Its founder and leaders

Eusebio Joaquin
Samuel Joaquin
Naason Joaquin
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