High School Teacher Marco Alferez Charged With Sexually Exploiting Children

October 1st, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD  

By Gina Gomez
irvinhighschool_370x278El Paso, Texas, Oct 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Marco Alferez, who is a 34-year-old high school teacher, has been charged with sexually exploiting as many as 70 children and also recording his sexual encounters with them. The man who taught at the Irwin High School based in El Paso in the state of Texas was taken into custody by authorities on September 21 from his home after the officials could nab around 200 videotapes of the teacher having sex with the children.

The bond hearing of the 34-year-old high school teacher took place on Wednesday in which the officials of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that two computers each of which consisted of a series of sexually-explicit pictures of children was collected from Marco Alferez’s house in El Paso. Gilbert Campa, an agent of ICE reportedly stated during the hearing that around 12 videotapes of duration of five to six hours were nabbed from the Irvin High School teacher’s home all of which showed the man’s sexual escapades with children. It has been reported that Marco Alferez has confessed to the authorities that the videotapes were made by him while he also made comments such as ‘his life was over.’

According to reports, Marco Alferez has not been granted bail in the case as yet while assistant U.S. Attorney Brandy Gardes has made an appeal to the court that the bond of the 34-year-old teacher should be denied describing him as a potential threat to community. A spokesperson of Irvin High School has divulged that Marco Alferez is has been put under paid administrative leave.

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