An illegal immigrant youth soccer coach in SoCal could get the death penalty for allegedly raping and murdering one of his own players.
Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, an illegal from El Salvador, is facing more child sex charges in addition to being accused of raping 13-year-old Oscar “Omar” Hernandez and leaving his body on the side of the road in March 2025.
The Los Angeles District Attorney filed nine new charges against Garcia-Aquino, 44, — separate from the brutal murder he’s accused — and alleged sex related crimes he was already facing involving two other teenage boys stemming from a December 2022 incident and another in February 2024.
The new charges include eight counts of sodomy of a person under age 16, and one count of oral copulation of a minor under 16, involving one of the two surviving alleged victims, according to an amended complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.
Garcia-Aquino pleaded not guilty to the new charges through his attorney.
Aquino was working as a youth traveling soccer coach in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley, where he came in contact with the young boys in different age divisions.
Hernandez was last seen alive on March 28, 2025, after leaving his Sun Valley home to meet his coach Garcia-Aquino, according to a complaint from the district attorney’s office.
Hernandez’s family reported him missing two days later after he didn’t return from his coach’s in the Lancaster/Palmdale area and stopped answering calls, The Post reported. His body was discovered days later on a remote road.
Last year, the Department of Homeland Security posted on X about the case involving the “depraved” illegal.
“13-year-old Oscar ‘Omar’ Hernandez was an innocent child who was exploited and killed by this depraved illegal alien who should have never been in this country,” the DHS said.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, child predators, pedophiles, and murderers will be hunted down and removed from America’s communities.”
Aquino remains behind bars without bail, awaiting his hearing to determine if the case will proceed to trial. The hearing is scheduled to begin on March 27.