Teacher arrested for ‘raping pupils as young as teens and forcing them to have sex with each other as witnessed’ in case that shocked Brazil
- Mateos Jose Mendez, 50, arrested on suspicion of raping at least four students
- He was arrested after the alleged victim, now 15, said he had been abused since he was 10.
- Another alleged victim, 18, claimed he had been abused since the age of 10 as well.
A teacher was arrested on suspicion of raping students under the age of ten and forcing them to have sex with each other, as witnessed in a horrific case that shook Brazil.
Mateos José Mendez, 50, allegedly raped at least four students in Nova Iguacu de Goiás, in the central Brazilian state of Goiás.
Mendes was arrested on Wednesday after one of his alleged victims, now 15, came forward to say he had been abused since he was 10 years old.
Another alleged victim, an 18-year-old, also claimed that he had been abused by the teacher since the age of 10.
Police believe Mendes – who was also a soccer coach – lured his students to his home before committing the heinous crimes.
Teacher Mateos Jose Mendez was arrested on suspicion of raping students as young as ten and forcing them to have sex with each other, as witnessed in a horrific case that shook Brazil
Mendes (pictured) was arrested on Wednesday after one of his alleged victims, now 15, came forward to say he had been abused since the age of 10.
Mendez, who was hiding in the bathroom of his sister’s house when the police arrested him, has been working in the city as a teacher for at least 15 years.
While there are currently four known alleged victims, more may come forward.
Police Chief Peterson Amin said: ‘He lured students into his dorm and committed sexual assaults.
He also taught football and when they went to get the ball to play the match, he asked to “have the ball” at his home and practiced many violations there.
The teacher allegedly forced the young boys to have sex with him and each other while they masturbated.
A statement issued by the Nova Iguaçu de Goiás Civil Police on Thursday said: ‘The sub-authorizations of the Nova Iguaçu de Goiás Police executed a preventive arrest warrant yesterday (Wednesday), issued after the representation of the police, at the expense of a schoolteacher. in that commune for the rape of the vulnerable and the sexual exploitation of the adolescents whose students, all male, were his victims.
It was found, during the police investigation, that the person who taught lessons to children and adolescents in Nova Iguaçu, seduced them to his place of residence and forced them in that place to have sex with each other, as well as with the person being investigated. with anal sex. and oral.
The statement added: ‘As if that weren’t enough, he was also a football teacher for one of the victims and asked them to pick up the ‘ball’ for the match at his residence. At that moment, he also started making sexual advances against the teens.
Mendes (pictured) allegedly forced young boys to have sex with him and each other while they masturbated
Police officers search the personal belongings of Mendes – who was also a soccer coach
One of the teens, now 15, said the abuse had been happening since he was 10 years old and he decided to report the crimes because he couldn’t handle the situation anymore.
As a result, the police station referred the person’s arrest request to the Forum and, once the request was accepted, began monitoring to locate the author, who was hiding in the home of one of his sisters, in Uruaso.
He was hiding inside the bathroom of the house where he was arrested. The suspect’s place of detention has been supported by the Uruguayan intelligence unit.
Mundus was charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual export of minors.
