ICE HSI investigation leads to 30-year sentence for criminal illegal alien who drugged and raped several children in Nashville

NASHVILLE - An ICE Homeland Security Investigations-led probe revealed Camilo Campos-Hurtado, a 68-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico working as a youth soccer coach in Middle Tennessee, sexually exploited children and recorded the abuse over several years. On July 2, a federal judge sentenced Campos-Hurtado to a total term of 30 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release.

"Homeland Security Investigations is committed to protecting children and ensuring that predators face the full force of the law," said HSI Nashville Special Agent in Charge Dennis M. Fetting. "Together with our partners, we will relentlessly identify, apprehend and remove dangerous offenders from our communities."

The investigation began in June 2023, after a community member discovered explicit videos on a cellphone Campos-Hurtado left at a local business and immediately alerted the Franklin Police Department. HSI Nashville, working with the Franklin Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service, executed multiple search warrants, including at Campos-Hurtado's residence and in his vehicle. Investigators recovered electronic devices containing child sexual abuse material and numerous counterfeit immigration and identification documents.

Investigators determined Campos-Hurtado incapacitated child victims with drugs or alcohol before sexually abusing them and recording the assaults. Although the offenses underlying his convictions occurred between 2017 and 2021, forensic analysis of his electronic devices established that he had been producing child sexual abuse material since at least January 2013.

Campos-Hurtado pleaded guilty on June 17, 2025, to four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of receiving child sexual abuse material, one count of using or possessing fraudulent immigration documents, and one count of possessing an identification document or authentication feature that was stolen or produced without lawful authority.

The U.S. Attorney's Office requested a sentence of 50 years, citing the extraordinary seriousness of Campos-Hurtado's offenses, the prolonged nature of his conduct and the need to protect the public from further crimes. The judge ordered a sentence of 30 years in prison.

Campos-Hurtado is a criminal illegal alien. Following completion of his federal sentence and any remaining state sentence, he will be removed to Mexico through immigration proceedings.

Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin's leadership, ICE is carrying out its mandate to protect children across the U.S. and abroad.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Monica R. Morrison and Kathryn D. Risinger prosecuted the case, which you can learn more about here.