South Texas coach, two other district employees charged with sexual relations 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 / 99 Caption Close South Texas coach, two other district employees charged with sexual relations with students 1 / 99 Back to Gallery

A high school coach and two other employees at a school district in South Texas have been charged with sexual relations with three female high school students.

Guillermo Arriaga, a 38-year-old boy's basketball coach at Donna High School, Carlo Andres Cordova, a 26-year-old criminal justice teacher at Donna High School, and Arturo Castillo Jr., a 34-year-old truant officer for the district, have each been charged with improper relationship between an educator and student, the McAllen Monitor reported.

The three men could face up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for the second-degree felony charge.

The female students, no older than 18 years old, are believed to have had sexual relations with the employees at least once as early as October, Donna Police Chief Ruben "Ram" De Leon told the Monitor.

Investigations by three separate agencies — the Donna Police Department, the Alamo Police Department and the Donna Independent School District Police Department — led to the three employees being charged in separate incidents, Donna ISD Superintendent Jesus Rene Reyna told KGBT.

Arriaga, also a physical education teacher at Caceres Elementary School, was charged Saturday night and released from Hidalgo County Jail on Sunday on a $50,000 bond, the Monitor reported.

Cordova was charged Thursday and posted a $10,000 bond on Friday, according to the Monitor

Alamo Police Sgt. Lupita Valdez said Castillo Jr. is expected to turn himself in Tuesday.

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