The leader of a Mexican-based church that claims over 1 million followers worldwide was ordered on Thursday to remain held on $90 million, nearly double his original bail, on newly expanded charges of rape, human trafficking and child pornography.
The ruling virtually assures that Naason Joaquin Garcia, 51, the head and self-styled apostle of the Guadalajara-based evangelical church La Luz del Mundo , will remain in custody as he awaits trial.
But he has remained incarcerated during subsequent legal proceedings, and last Thursday the California Attorney General’s Office filed a new criminal complaint charging Garcia and two co-defendants with 36 felony offenses, 10 more than they previously faced, including additional rape counts.
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