Irvin High School Dance Teacher Marco Alferez May Have Victimized 70 Students

[Hellsbells]

EL PASO, Texas -- New allegations were raised Wednesday at a bond hearing for an Irvin High School dance teacher who was accused of possession of child pornography last week.

Federal prosecutors allege that Marco Alferez has hours of video depicting himself abusing young children.

During the bond hearing at the Federal Court House, KFOX learned authorities said they found 98 online videos and 12 VHS tapes of homemade child pornography in Marco Alferez's possession. Officials said the video was made by Alferez. Federal prosecutors said they believe 65 to 70 young children, some from the El Paso area, were shown in the videos.

The 98 videos were those found inside computers seized from federal agents at his west El Paso home last week. Authorities said both computers had sexually explicit images of child pornography on them.

The judge denied bond for the 34-year-old dance teacher.

KFOX spoke to an aunt of Alferez, who said she did not know these details about her nephew and that she would stand by him.

"He's a good a relative. I don't think he's a menace to the community. He helps the community. He helps family, and he's an inspiration to the world," said Maria Teresa Garcia, Alferez's aunt.

An active state warrant was issued for Alferez based on the activity shown in the videos, officials said. This will open a seperate case against Alferez.

El Paso Independent School District officials released the following statement:

"The District is taking these allegations very seriously. The well-being and safety of our students is our top priority and we are fully cooperating with law enforcement on the investigation.

"The District routinely performs national criminal background checks, including fingerprinting, and reference checks on all of our teaching applicants before putting teachers under contract. This procedure was followed prior to hiring Marco Alferez and no criminal record or arrests were found."

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/25215438/detail.html

His myspace http://www.myspace.com/dragnmarc

[KyFyre]

"He's a good a relative. I don't think he's a menace to the community. He helps the community. He helps family, and he's an inspiration to the world," said Maria Teresa Garcia, Alferez's aunt.

Oh, because the world aspires to be a child raping asshole. He video taped it all. What more proof does she need?

I'll have some of whatever she's smoking, cause it sure must be nice to live in her world where no one can do wrong.

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"He's a good a relative. I don't think he's a menace to the community. He helps the community. He helps family, and he's an inspiration to the world," said Maria Teresa Garcia, Alferez's aunt.

she forgot to include..."and he loves raping babies"

[biteme]

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/25215438/detail.html

His myspace http://www.myspace.com/dragnmarc

"He's a good a relative. I don't think he's a menace to the community. He helps the community. He helps family, and he's an inspiration to the world," said Maria Teresa Garcia, Alferez's aunt.

Oh, because the world aspires to be a child raping asshole. He video taped it all. What more proof does she need?

I'll have some of whatever she's smoking, cause it sure must be nice to live in her world where no one can do wrong.

What she ment was he helps himself to the community children, they must not have let the stupid bitch finish

[Rawrehz]

I thought it was Mario Lopez when I first opened the thread.....eeek!

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Mario Lopez...as a Twink

[Miss Anthrope]

Bad Bad Teacher! I hope they castrate him!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

He got the maximum sentence; the former El Paso teacher who admitted to secretly videotaping hundreds of El Paso students to create his child porn collection learned his fate today in court.

A federal judge sentenced Marco Alferez to 50 years in prison.
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Claudia Aguilar said her daughter was 11 or 12 years old, when Marco Alferez videotaped her as she undressed in a fitting room. Aguilar's daughter was among the hundreds of students, victimized by their teacher and his hidden camera.
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Both Aguilar and her daughter testified against Alferez in court Thursday afternoon. They also listened to the 35-year-old apologize for his actions, and explain that he himself was sexually abused as a child.

Alferez asked his students for forgiveness, and said he's taking responsibility for what he did.

"This has nothing to do with them...it's my fault because of my past,” said Alferez.

Before learning his fate, Alferez used words like "leniency", and "rehabilitation" while pleading for a lesser sentence.

"Do I deserve 50 years? No, I don't. I do, however, deserve to be punished because i broke the law,” said Alferez.

Alferez's defense attorney said his client's 50-year sentence is harsh.

"I'm just sorry that we weren't able to do a little better on the sentencing issues. That's a pretty heavy sentence for what he did,” said attorney Michael Gibson.

Gibson claims that prosecutors in this case inflamed Alferez's victims.

"He took upskirt photographs and things like that. The only reason some of those people are all upset is because the government went around and told them,” said Gibson.
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In all, 393 of Marco Alferez's students were victimized. In some cases, Alferez taped himself having sex with minors.

http://www.ktsm.com/news/marco-alfer...ears-in-prison

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federal prison means 85% of the sentence must be served before any early release. that'll put him at just under 80 years old...