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Professor and public employee arrested for sending sexual messages to youth footballers in Argentina
🇦🇷 Argentina /Crime & Justice

Professor and public employee arrested for sending sexual messages to youth footballers in Argentina

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources In the courts
  • A geography teacher and a Ministry of Health employee were arrested for sending sexual messages to underage football players.
  • The suspects allegedly used fake profiles to solicit sexual content and financial transactions from the young athletes.
  • Both individuals have been charged with corruption of minors and related offenses.

Argentine authorities have arrested a geography teacher and a Ministry of Health employee accused of sending sexually explicit messages to underage players in the youth divisions of the Club Atlético Independiente.

Today, the two suspects have been processed.

— Judicial sourceConfirming the legal status of the accused.

The investigation began after a parent reported that their son, a youth player, had received messages from an adult using fake social media profiles. The individual attempted to "lure" the minor sexually, according to the report. Detectives from the Buenos Aires Provincial Police's Cybercrime Investigations Directorate apprehended the suspects, identified as Gustavo B., 52, and Martín D., 41.

According to the investigative tasks carried out, it was established that between January and April, players from Independiente's youth divisions allegedly maintained communications with social media users who made them financial offers, bank transfers, and requests for personal or intimate images, taking advantage of the vulnerability inherent in their age and their stay in a sports boarding house far from their family groups.

— Police sourcesDetailing the alleged modus operandi of the suspects.

Prosecutors have charged both men with corruption of minors, combined with solicitation of minors for sexual purposes via technological means. A judicial source confirmed that the two suspects have been processed. Investigators established that between January and April, players received offers of money, bank transfers, and requests for personal or intimate images. The suspects allegedly exploited the vulnerability of the young athletes, who were living away from their families in a sports boarding house.

This reinforces the investigative hypothesis linked to grooming maneuvers and obtaining material through technological means.

— DetectivesCommenting on the evidence gathered during the investigation.

During the investigation, it was determined that the geography teacher made 17 money transfers to adolescents, which investigators believe were payments in exchange for photographs. This strengthens the hypothesis of online grooming and the acquisition of material through technological means. Police seized a digital camera, an iPhone, an Apple Watch, USB drives, a laptop, and photographs from the teacher's home. The Ministry of Health confirmed the immediate termination of the employee's contract.

The immediate termination of the contract of an administrative employee was ordered.

— Ministry of HealthAnnouncing action taken against the accused employee.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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