An illegal immigrant soccer coach from Mexico has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced.
Camilo Campos-Hurtado, who was 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. Federal prosecutors had sought a 50-year sentence.
"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," said DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. "If he is ever released, ICE will immediately remove him from the country. He will never again harm another child in our country."
The investigation into Campos-Hurtado began in 2023 when a tipster discovered explicit videos on a cellphone he had left at a business in Franklin. The Franklin Police Department was alerted, and a subsequent search of Campos-Hurtado's home and vehicle uncovered electronic devices containing child sexual abuse material. Investigators also found numerous counterfeit immigration and identification documents.
Forensic analysis of his electronic devices indicated that Campos-Hurtado had been producing child sexual abuse material since at least January 2013. The timeframe of his offenses related to his convictions spanned from 2017 to 2021. DHS stated that it was not clear when he illegally entered the United States.