Rampant Child Rape Exposed at Detention Centers as HIV Positive Worker Caught Raping Kids

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 After hundreds of immigrant children were separated from their  parents and forced to spend weeks in detention centers, and the horrific  stories of abuse from the workers who were supposed to be caring for  the children are finally coming to light. 

An HIV-positive man, who was a youth worker responsible for caring for immigrant children in Phoenix, was charged with sexually abusing at least eight teenage boys detained over a one-year period between 2016 and 2017. Levian Pacheco is accused of performing sex acts on two boys who were  15 to 17 years of age at the time they were assaulted. According to  Time, several of the boys have elected to be tested for the virus as a  result. Pacheco’s arrest is the second such case involving Phoenix area  Southwest Key facilities. 

As The Free Thought Project has reported,  Southwest Key is a non-profit organization with a federal contract to  run the detention facilities to house immigrant children who have been  separated from their parents or arrived in the U.S. as unaccompanied  minors. 

In June, we reported Southwest  Key‘s detention facility in Brownsville, TX had denied entry to U.S.  Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR). Now, Southwest Key is once again in the  news, this time for hiring numerous individuals who have already been  convicted of molesting kids, or who now stand accused of sexually  abusing the teens and children they were supposed to be protecting. Unfortunately, Pacheco is not the only Southwest Key employee  arrested for taking advantage of the most vulnerable members of our  society. Fernando Magaz Negrete was arrested on Tuesday, also in  Maricopa County (Phoenix), and charged with abusing a 14-year-old  immigrant girl. 

The girl’s 16-year-old roommate told authorities she witnessed an  encounter whereby Negrete is accused of kissing and fondling the girl.  Video surveillance reportedly shows Negrete approaching the room several  times throughout the night, although the entrance to the room was  outside of the camera’s view. Another Southwest Key employee who has a disturbing record is Ernesto  Padron. 

He worked as a U.S. Border Patrol agent for 13 years, up until  he was arrested on second-degree felony charges for possession and promotion of child pornography. Yet he was given direct access to children when he was hired by an immigration shelter, according to reports. Anyone tempted to believe these cases of abuse are isolated should  read ProPublica’s investigative report, which found that there have been  at least 125 calls to report sexual abuse taking place in the shelters since 2014. ProPublica writes

At other Southwest Key facilities, police reports and  call logs from the last five years detail inappropriate relationships  with staff, dozens of runaways, sexual contact among kids at the  shelters and other allegations of molestation by employees. In one case,  ProPublica found, a 46-year-old youth care worker in Tucson was  convicted of groping a 15-year-old boy who had just arrived in the  United States five days earlier.

While pundits on the left may want to paint the sexual abuse in a  political light to implicate the Trump Administration, it is important  to note the practice of housing children and teens began long before  Trump ever took office. However, the Trump Administration has done  nothing to close Southwest Key facilities. Shockingly, hundreds of  parents have already been deported without their children

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Meanwhile I can't find anyone willing to insure me so I can drive my new car because I have 2 OVI's on my record. [operating vehicle intoxicated] But these child rapists can get a job in law enforcement no problem? WTF

this is disgusting! I can't imagine the pain, fear and trauma these children are facing. This really makes me furious!!!

as it should (make one furious).
at the same time it helps to recognize this as the world we live in; this is not a rare exception.

For one how were these people allowed to be in charge of kids, it almost seems like it was on purpose?! But with that, how do we break the cycle? because in most cases these molesters and rapest were most likely taken advantage of when they were kid. Obviously not making it okay, but understandable, so again how do we break the cycle?

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this is tragic indeed, what sadness the repercussions that this will leave on children will be for life, it can even get worse

How happy I am that it was once again a success

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