Who Is Camilo Hurtado Campos? Franklin TN Coach Arrest

Camilo Hurtado Campos is a man from Franklin, Tennessee who worked as a youth soccer coach. Police have accused Campos of assaulting and drugging young children.

Camilo Hurtado Campos Allegations

Camilo Hurtado Campos Arrested. “Camilo Hurtado Campos, a popular soccer coach, is being held for rape of a child and sexual exploitation of a minor. Detectives are expected to file several additional charges, according to a release from the Franklin Police Department. Police were contacted by a local restaurant after staff found a cell phone left behind by a customer, later determined to be Campos. Workers took a look through it to try and find information that would lead them to the owner of the phone in order to return it. “What they found, instead, were dozens of unconscionable videos and pictures of children, and so they called police,” a spokesperson from the FPD said in the release.” [Herald]

Report: Campos Entered US Illegally. “A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Fox News Digital that an immigration detainer was issued for Campos on July 10, one day after police announced his arrest. Campos also entered the United States illegally at an unknown date and location, without any inspection by immigration officials, according to a law enforcement source.” [Yahoo]

Police: 10 Children Identified On Campos Phone. “Detectives have identified at least 10 children in the numerous videos found on Campos’ phone. They have requested assistance from the public in identifying the remaining eight victims, as some of the children may not be aware of their victimisation due to their unconscious state during the assaults.” [Mirror]

Conviction Could Lead To 25 Years In Prison. “He is being held in custody on charges of raping a child and sexually exploiting a minor, police said. In Tennessee, rape of a child is a Class A felony that carries a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison. Sexual exploitation of a minor is a Class B felony when the suspect possesses more than 100 images or materials that show a minor engaged in sexual activity.” [Washington Post]

Police: Campos Approached Children On Playgrounds, Recruited For Team. “During off-hours, Campos allegedly frequented school playgrounds in both neighborhoods, where he would approach children and recruit them as players on his team. Then, after gaining their trust, Campos invited many of the kids to his home, where he would drug and rape them, authorities said. So far, the FPD said it has discovered evidence of rape against at least 10 children on Campos’ phone. By working with local schools, detectives have reportedly identified two of the coach’s victims.” [WATE]

Campos Held On $525,000 Bond. “Campos was being held Monday at the Williamson County Criminal Justice Center on a $525,000 bond. Additional charges are likely, police said. The jail had no record of an attorney for Campos and no one answered at two phone numbers listed for him in online directories.” [AP]

Police Asking For Parents Help In Case. “The Franklin Police Department is asking for parents to reach out to them in an investigation surrounding a soccer coach accused of raping children, if their child has been associated with the suspect. The heartbreaking investigation is underway now as Franklin Police work to identify several young children who were drugged and raped by the Franklin man, according to police.” [WGNS]

Police Say There Could Be “A Decade” Of Victims. “In addition to those 10, five other people have come forward to say they were victims, Franklin police said Monday. And “people who were victims in some of the recordings that have come forward are in their 20s now,” Franklin police Lt. Charles Warner told CNN Tuesday. “If you do the math, there could be a decade of victims that we don’t know about,” Warner said. He noted Campos has lived in the Franklin area for about 20 years.” [CNN]