[(Title)] Immigration facility worker convicted of sexually abusing detained minors.

Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A former employee at an immigration detention center for minors in Arizona has been convicted of sexually abusing children detained in the facility, U.S. Attorneys announced Monday.

美国律师周一宣布，亚利桑那州移民拘留中心一名前雇员因性虐待被拘留在该拘留所的儿童而被定罪。

Prosecutors said between August 2016 and July 2017, Levian D. Pacheco was employed as a youth care worker at the Casa Kokopelli Southwest Key Facility, a privately-owned immigration detention center in Mesa, Ariz.,

检方称，在2016年8月至2017年7月期间，列维安·D.帕切科被雇用为青年护理工作者，在亚利桑那州梅萨私立移民拘留中心Casa Kokopelli西南主要设施工作。

where he sexually abused at least seven teenage boys, some on more than one occasion.

在那里，他对至少七个十几岁的男孩进行了性侵犯，对其中一些进行了不止一次。

According to reports, Pacheco is HIV-positive.

据报告，帕切科的艾滋病毒呈阳性。

On Sep. 3, a jury found Pacheco, 25, guilty of seven counts of abusive sexual contact with a ward and three counts of sexual abuse of a ward. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 3.

9月3日，陪审团裁定25岁的帕切科犯有7项虐待性接触罪名和3项性虐待罪名，定于12月3日判刑。

"Ensuring the safety of all individuals held in federal custody is of utmost importance to this office," First Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth A. Strange said in a statement.

美国第一助理律师伊丽莎白·奇尔在一份声明中说：“确保所有被联邦拘留的人的安全对这个办公室来说至关重要。”

"This verdict demonstrates our commitment to securing justice for the teenage boys the defendant abused and sends a message to others in positions of trust that these crimes will not be tolerated."

“这一判决表明我们致力于为被告虐待的十几岁男孩伸张正义，并向其他人发出信息——这些罪行不会被容忍。"

Pacheco's conviction is just one example of Southwest Key employees being accused of sexually abusing immigrant minors in the company's facilities.

帕切科被定罪只是改拘留中心雇员被控性虐待移民未成年人的一个例子。

Last month, Fernando Magaz Negrete, 32, was arrested on charges of child molestation, sexual abuse and aggravated assault.

上个月，32岁的费尔南多·玛噶兹·内格雷特因骚扰儿童、性虐待和严重攻击被逮捕。

And a recent ProPublica report revealed that police have investigated several sexual abuse allegations at the company's facilities since 2014.

最近的一份ProPublica报告显示，自2014年以来，警方已经调查了若干在该中心发生的性虐待指控。

Southwest Key has received at least $955 million in federal contracts since 2015 to detain immigrant children in federal custody, according to The New York Times.

据《纽约时报》报道，自2015年以来，SouthwistKey已收到至少9.55亿美元的联邦合同，用于拘留被联邦拘留的移民儿童。