Texas Border City Cop Faces Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Migrant
12 Mar 2021
A Texas border city police officer faces a possible life term in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of violating the civil rights of two prisoners, including a migrant.
Former Progreso Police Officer Mathew Sepulveda is facing a possible life term following his conviction in McAllen this week. Sepulveda was a police officer with Progreso PD at the time the sexual assaults took place at the station.
According to the arrest affidavit, Sepulveda pulled over a vehicle on June 28, 2019, and arrested the driver, a male living in the country illegally. Once he had the teen at the jail, Sepulveda told the man that he had “to do something” or he could not be released. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, one of the victims told jurors that he felt like he had no recourse since Sepulveda was a police officer.
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