A former U.
S.
government employee pleaded guilty today to drugging and sexually abusing numerous women in multiple countries, including photographing and video recording more than two dozen nude and partially nude women without their consent while they were unconscious or incapable of consenting.
According to court documents, Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 47, of La Mesa, California, was employed by the U.
S.
government at the U.
S.
Embassy in Mexico City.
Raymond admitted to drugging and sexually assaulting several women in his embassy-leased housing and elsewhere between 2006 and 2020.
Additionally, Raymond admitted that, over 14 years, he photographed or video recorded 28 victims while they were nude or partially nude.
Many of the recordings show Raymond touching and manipulating the victim’s bodies while they were unconscious and incapable of consent.
Raymond attempted to delete the explicit photographs and videos depicting the victims after learning about the criminal investigation.
Under the plea agreement, Raymond will face between 24 and 30 years in prison and supervised release for life.
He will also have to pay mandatory restitution to the victims of his criminal offenses.
Sentencing hearings are scheduled for Sept.
18 and 19, 2024.
A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.
S.
Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M.
Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.
S.
Attorney Matthew M.
Graves for the District of Columbia; Deputy Assistant Director William Ferrari of the U.
S.
Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), Office of Special Investigations; and Special Agent in Charge James A.
Dawson of the FBI Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division made the announcement.
The DSS Office of Special Investigations and FBI Washington Field Office are investigating the case.
The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs and National Security Division provided valuable assistance.
The FBI’s Legal Attaché office in Mexico City also provided especially valuable assistance.
Trial Attorneys Angela Buckner and Katharine Wagner of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section and Assistant U.
S.
Attorney Meredith Mayer-Dempsey for the District of Columbia are prosecuting the case.
The Justice Department gratefully acknowledges the government of Mexico, including the Fiscalía General de la República, Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México, and Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, for their extraordinary efforts, support, and cooperation during the investigation.
