Man wanted for alleged sex abuse of foster children in his care is in police custody

Antonio Huerta, the foster parent sought in connection with alleged sex abuse of two foster children in his care, is in El Paso Police custody.

He turned himself into Central Regional Command Center Thursday morning.

He was wanted on two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and has been booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on those warrants. His bonds total $175,000.

El Paso Police accuse Antonio Huerta and his wife, Sandra Huerta, of sexually abusing two children who were in their care.

Sandra Huerta is charged by El Paso Police with aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child in two separate cases.

Huerta was arrested and booked into the county jail last Friday.

Investigators believe there may be more victims who have yet to be identified and encourage anyone with additional information to contact police.

Paul Zimmerman, spokesman with Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, sent ABC-7 the following statement regarding the Huertas.

“Sandra and Antonio Huerta have not been foster parents for many months, since September 2014, when foster children were removed from their home. No children have been placed in the foster home since that time. Sandra and Antonio Huerta were a CPA (private child placing agency) licensed & monitored foster home under Children’s Hope Residential, initially verified in 2000 by DFPS (Department of Family and Protective Services) before getting shut down.”

Zimmerman told ABC-7 the Huertas housed 36 foster children from 2000-Sept. 2014.

Information On First Case

According to the affidavit in which 55-year-old Sandra Huerta was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, the victim said he was placed in Huerta’s home as a foster child when he was 11 years old and the alleged offenses occurred between May 2000 and late January 2002, the entire time he was placed in their home.

The victim said that the co-defendant – not named in the affidavit but who also lived at the home – would take him into the room he shared with Huerta where Huerta would be completely naked. Antonio Huerta was wanted by police in connection with both cases.

The victim said he was made to watch Huerta and the co-defendant engage in foreplay.

He was allegedly made to have sex with Huerta while the co-defendant allegedly used a finger on the victim.

The affidavit also stated that Huerta performed oral sex on the victim.

The victim also was allegedly made to watch pornography while in their bedroom.

A witness who was present during some of the incidents corroborated the victim’s account of events, according to the affidavit.

Information On Second Case

In the other case, in which Huerta is charged with indecency with a child, a child was 7 years old when she was placed in Huerta’s home as a foster child.

The girl says in the affidavit that the co-defendant would take her into Huerta’s and the co-defendant’s bedroom and made to watch pornographic movies while lying in bed with them.

The victim said Huerta asked her to mimic what she was seeing in the movies and the girl was asked to masturbate.

The victim said in the affidavit that this happened several times and that it progressed to Huerta and the co-defendant making her touch both of them.

It escalated to the co-defendant allegedly penetrating her and that Huerta would watch the co-defendant having sexual intercourse with her.

The victim said the incidents happened the entire time she was placed in the home from late January 2002 to early September 2002.

A witness who was present during some of the incidents corroborated the victim’s account of events, according to the affidavit.

Although the incidents allegedly happened more than 10 years ago, they were not reported to police until Sept. 2014.

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