Production of child pornography is punishable by 15 years to 30 years imprisonment. Judge Scott Skavdahl sentenced Salas to the maximum terms on each count.
Yesterday was the second and final day of a 12-person jury trial for a man charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the second and third degree, and exploitation.
The government regards child pornography as a crime of violence because it involves brutal assaults on very young children who cannot give consent to sexual activity.
A video published to Youtube details a 19-year-old Cheyenne man getting arrested, after meeting a vigilante group who were posing as an 11-year-old girl named Emily.