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Mariachi Teacher Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse | Mesa News
A Phoenix mariachi instructor with academic credentials and a public teaching profile has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography, exploiting young girls as young as six by filming them undressing and exposing their genitalia over a six-year span. Once celebrated in the local music scene and even maintaining a YouTube channel, he manipulated families, threatened to withhold musical opportunities, and later moved to Texas before being arrested in 2024. FBI undercover operations linked him to disturbing videos found on the dark web, leading to federal charges that could result in up to…
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