Twice-deported illegal immigrant charged with rape, kidnapping
Former Acting ICE Director Jonathan Fahey weighed in on the case of Juan Arevalo Mendez, a twice-deported illegal immigrant now facing rape and kidnapping charges in Fairfax County, Virginia. Fahey pointed to Mendez’s lengthy criminal record, which includes assault and drug possession, and argued that the alleged offenses could have been avoided had Fairfax County coordinated with ICE to place him in federal custody. Mendez has been deported from the U.S. twice.
An illegal immigrant who admitted to using alcohol and drugs to sexually exploit children while serving as a soccer coach has been sentenced to 30 years behind bars.
Camilo Campos-Hurtado, a Mexican national who had been living in Franklin, Tennessee, pleaded guilty in June to four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of receiving child sexual abuse material, one count of using or possessing fraudulent immigration documents, and one count of possessing a stolen or unlawfully produced identification document.
At a July 2 sentencing hearing, federal prosecutors had asked the court to impose a 50-year prison term.
Camilo Campos-Hurtado, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, received a 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges tied to sexually exploiting children while working as a soccer coach. (Department of Homeland Security; iStock)
“This criminal illegal alien pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting children and child pornography charges after he repeatedly drugged and assaulted children while he was working as a soccer coach,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said. “If he is ever released, ICE will immediately remove him from the country. He will never again harm another child in our country.”
Authorities opened the investigation into Campos-Hurtado in 2023 after explicit videos were found on a cellphone he had left at a business in Franklin.
According to the Justice Department, the person who found the footage reported it to the Franklin Police Department.
During a subsequent search of Campos-Hurtado’s home and vehicle, investigators found electronic devices containing child sexual abuse material, along with numerous counterfeit immigration and identification documents.
A detail view of a soccer ball on the pitch. (AARON M. SPRECHER/AFP via Getty Images)
While the offenses related to his convictions occurred between 2017 and 2021, forensic analysis of his electronic devices determined that Campos-Hurtado had been producing child sexual abuse material since at least January 13, 2013, federal prosecutors said.
It was not clear when he illegally entered the United States, DHS said.
