(El Paso, Texas) Former Irvin High School dance teacher Marco Alferez, 35, pleaded guilty yesterday to making pornographic videos of his students. A total of 393 of his students were victimized.
Sentencing is scheduled for next month when Alferez faces 15 to 30 years in prison.
Teacher Accused of Exploiting Children
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(El Paso, Texas) A 34-year-old dance teacher at Irvin High School, Marco Alferez, was jailed this week amid allegations of unimaginable child sexual abuse involving as many as 70 youngsters. Alferez has been charged with sexual exploitation of minors and child pornography.
During a detention hearing on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Mesa, testimony was presented describing Alferez's alleged crimes.
Two federal agents testified they found more than 200 videos of Alferez having sex with children, some elementary school age.According to Agent Campa, Alferez said he was abused as a child and he couldn't stop what he was doing.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Gilbert Campa testified he found 12 VHS tapes, each about four to six hours long, and 107 8-mm tapes of Alferez having sex with children.
Campa said ICE agents have been able to identify 65 to 70 victims in the homemade videos.
Campa said it appeared that Alferez had attempted to hide the video camera to film the sex acts.
In one video, Campa said, Alferez is seen turning on the video camera, covering it with a shirt and then leaving the room. After a period, Alferez returns to the room with a young girl and then has sex with her.
Campa also testified that he questioned Alferez at Alferez's kitchen table about the videos. He said Alferez admitted to downloading child pornography, as well as making the videos of himself with children. Campa testified that during the questioning, Alferez appeared upset and made statements that "his life was over."[…]
Another witness, Special Agent Victor Sanchez Jr., a criminal forensic investigator with ICE's Cyber Crimes Group, testified that on Aug. 23 agents found 98 videos of child pornography, including videos of children identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Since Alferez also worked in other school systems and taught dance at summer camp, authorities continue to investigate his activities for evidence of sex and porn.
Understandably, Judge Mesa denied bond for Alferez. He's sitting in a cell until his trial.
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