South Texas school district employees fired for alleged sex with students

Guillermo Arriaga, a 38-year-old boy's basketball coach at Donna High School and physical education teacher at Caceres Elementary School, has been charged with improper relationship between an educator and student. less Guillermo Arriaga, a 38-year-old boy's basketball coach at Donna High School and physical education teacher at Caceres Elementary School, has been charged with improper relationship between an educator and ... more Photo: Donna Police Department Photo: Donna Police Department Image 1 of / 102 Caption Close South Texas school district employees fired for alleged sex with students 1 / 102 Back to Gallery

Two teachers at a South Texas school district accused of having inappropriate sexual relations with high school students were fired Wednesday, weeks after they were first charged with improper relationship with a student.

Guillermo Arriaga, a 38-year-old physical education instructor at Caceres Elementary School and boy's basketball coach at Donna High School, was fired Wednesday, weeks after Donna Independent School District board members denied his resignation, the McAllen Monitor reported.

Carlo Andres Cordova, a 26-year-old criminal justice teacher at Donna High and son-in-law of Donna ISD Superintendent Jesus Rene Reyna, was also fired for allegedly having sex with a female high school student in his classroom, according to the Monitor.

Arturo Castillo Jr., 34, was fired Jan. 28 from his job as a truancy officer for the district after he was arrested for improper relationship between educator and student, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

All three men were arrested and charged in January for the alleged offenses, which have drawn two federal lawsuits against the district alleging that officials failed to take swift, appropriate action against Cordova and Arriaga upon learning of the accusations.

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