Seven Texas men 'filmed themselves gang-raping two toddlers in bathroom of Houston's Galleria Mall where ringleader worked', cops say

Daily Mail UK ^ | January 11, 2024 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo

[Morgana]

Horrifying videos have surfaced of a gang of at least seven men sexually abusing toddlers inside the restroom of a Texas mall, cops say.

Arthur Hector Fernandez, 29, a kiosk worker at the Galleria mall in Houston, is charged with assaulting the toddlers and then posting the videos online.

Two friends of Fernandez sometimes left their children, two 2-year-olds, in his care while they worked at the mall, according to police.

The FBI says they launched a probe last month after the abuse videos posted on a private online forum were shared by by the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation, as reported by the Star-Telegraph.

Each of the four videos shared with authorities reportedly shows a different assault, and they take place in different rooms and locations, including the bathrooms at the mall.

Fernandez is the only suspect charged in the case so far. It is unclear if the others said to appear in the video have been identified by officials.

Police closed in on him by using an open-source image repository to search for the face of one of the children and then matched it with social media images shared by one of the women.

When police showed the child's mom 'sanitized' image from the abuse materials, the woman reportedly noticed a pair of bracelets owned by Fernandez.

Police then saw the bracelets on the suspect's social media.

[Morgana]

Anyone else think we should bring back public flogging?

[Chainmail]

No, firing squads.

[Red Badger]

Flogging?

Heck they should be drawn and quartered!..............

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Tattoo a Star of David prominently on each and airdrop them into Yemen.

[4yearlurker]

I am speechless. I can not wrap my mind around this horrific abuse.

[Vermont Lt]

You meant “flaying” not flogging.

[neverevergiveup]

Just for starters, they should be castrated.

[OKSooner]

Burning at the stake.

Or, hang a millstone around his neck and throw him in the Gulf, and then say he got off easy.

[Robe]

they shouldn’t make it to trail

[fretzer]

Draw, quarter, then shoot.

[ConservativeMind]

I’m for torture penalties.

[glorgau]

Public Hanging.

[Vigilanteman]

spjnk

[jpp113]

Public Hanging would be more appropriate

[montag813]

Raping the toddlers Americans refuse to rape

[Tench_Coxe]

I’m thinking more of the scene in ‘Silence of the Lambs’ when the Memphis cops burst in on the floor where Hannibal Lecter’s detainment cell was located.

[DCBryan1]

Death by scaphism for those that harm children.

[who knows what evil?]

More of this flooding over the border...

[eyeamok]

Stocks in the Public Square, Hanging, Tigers at the Zoo need feeding...

[waterhill]

And miscalculated weight and drop of course. Wouldn’t want it to be quick....