Man convicted of giving STD to 6-year-old

A San Antonio man accused of giving two girls, 5 and 6, venereal diseases, was convicted by a jury Friday of sexually assaulting one of them.

Oscar Mata-Guevara, 33, could now face up to life in prison when sentenced at a later date by state District Judge Ron Rangel.

When the girls made outcries in February 2008, both had gonorrhea, and the oldest of the two also had Chlamydia, according to medical records. Mata-Guevara denied molesting the children Friday. During closing arguments, the defense suggested that jurors focus on another man, a registered sex offender, who was also in the children's lives.

But the other man didn't have an STD, prosecutors countered. The defendant's best friend told jurors his mother went to Mexico to get him medication, prosecutors said, suggesting that Mata-Guevara tried to hide his Chlamydia to avoid prosecution.

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