A longtime soccer coach in Tennessee, who lied about his identity and lived in the country illegally, will spend three decades in prison for drugging and raping boys and then recording the abuse.
A judge sentenced 66-year-old Camilo Campos-Hurtado to 30 years in federal prison for child exploitation and immigration offenses. Not only did he sexually assault children in his care, but he also concealed his identity and unlawful status in the United States.
Campos-Hurtado pleaded guilty to the charges in June 2025. He is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who also previously worked as a soccer coach in Franklin, Tenn., which is how he gained access to his victims.
“Camilo Campos-Hurtado preyed on children, rendered his victims incapable of resisting, recorded his horrific crimes, and concealed his true identity through fraudulent immigration and identification documents while remaining unlawfully in the United States,” said U.S. Attorney Braden H. Boucek.
According to investigators, Campos-Hurtado recorded himself raping unconscious boys between the ages of 9 and 17. Many of the victims were Hispanic, police said, and investigators believe the abuse spanned more than a decade and up to a 20-year period, WSMV 4 News reported.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Tennessee prosecuted the case against Campos-Hurtado following a lengthy investigation by federal and local law enforcement.
Authorities weren’t tipped off to Campos-Hurtado’s crimes against children until June 2023. An alert “vigilant citizen” found explicit videos on a phone that he left at a Franklin business, Boucek said.
The individual turned the phone over to the Franklin Police Department, which launched an investigation that uncovered “years of child sexual exploitation.”
The offenses underlying his convictions occurred between 2017 and 2021, while he was working as a soccer coach, prosecutors said. However, forensic analysis of his electronic devices confirmed that he had been producing CSAM since 2013.
Investigators determined Campus-Hurtado gave his underaged victims drugs or alcohol before sexually abusing them and recording the assaults.
He pleaded guilty on June 17, 2025, to various charges, including four counts of sexually exploiting children and one count of receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM). He also pleaded guilty to possessing fraudulent immigration and identification documents.
On July 2, a sentencing judge ordered Campos-Hurtado to serve 360 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. He will be deported to Mexico following his release from federal prison and any remaining state sentence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Following his plea, the U.S. Attorney’s Office wanted a sentence of 50 years, calling out the seriousness of Campos-Hurtado’s offenses.
Boucek’s office also cited the prolonged and vile nature of his crimes and the need to keep him locked up to protect the public. Still, Boucek said the sentence “delivers justice for his victims and ensures that this dangerous predator will spend decades in federal prison.”
Investigators executed multiple search warrants, including at Campos-Hurtado’s residence and vehicle. They found electronic devices containing child sexual abuse material, along with numerous counterfeit immigration and identification documents.
“The Department of Justice has no higher priority than protecting children from sexual exploitation,” Boucek said. “Those who abuse children, produce or collect child sexual abuse material, or exploit our immigration system to facilitate their crimes will be identified, prosecuted, and held fully accountable.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared Campos-Hurtado’s sentencing on social media, calling him a “Soccer Coach Sicko.”
This SOCCER COACH SICKO has been SENTENCED after an @HSI_HQ investigation found he sexually exploited children in Tennessee.
While working as a soccer coach from 2017-2021, Camilo Campos-Hurtado, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, sexually abused children and recorded the… https://t.co/o7RSyvY7IW pic.twitter.com/8IAWNLn3a0
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 9, 2026
“This pedophile has pleaded guilty to his crimes and will now be behind bars for 30 years,” DHS wrote on X. “If he is ever released, @ICEgov will IMMEDIATELY remove him so he can never harm another child in our country.”
Campos-Hurtado illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location, DHS said in a news release.
Following his arrest in 2023, Campos told the Franklin Police Department and DHS officials that he was in the U.S. illegally, which is when federal authorities got involved.
Homeland Security Investigations led the investigation with assistance from the Franklin Police Department and the U.S. Marshals, DHS said.
