{"id":467612,"date":"2026-02-11T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467612\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:05:11","slug":"new-charges-filed-against-la-soccer-coach-accused-of-teens-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467612\/","title":{"rendered":"New charges filed against LA soccer coach accused of teen’s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed more charges against a youth soccer coach accused of killing a 13-year-old boy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, faces nine new charges, all related to child sexual abuse that happened between September 2022 and July 2023. In 2025, prosecutors charged him with assaulting a 16-year-old boy and with murder after he allegedly killed one of his players, 13-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, the soccer coach arrested for allegedly killing 13-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez and dumping his body in Ventura County.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department<\/p>\n

“These cases are tragic, and the Hernandez family, you have our deepest sympathy for a loss that words cannot even begin to describe,” LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in April 2025.<\/p>\n

Garcia-Aquino allegedly sexually abused Hernandez and killed him in March 2025. Hernandez’s family<\/a> said Garcia-Aquino owned the Huracan Valley Boys Soccer Club and invited the teenage boy to his home in Lancaster.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

“His soccer coach made soccer jerseys,” older sister Alejandra Hernandez said in Spanish. “He had taken other soccer teammates to help him, and that’s why my brother went.”<\/p>\n

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Oscar Omar Hernandez was found dead in Oxnard after he was reported missing days earlier.<\/p>\n

Arcelia Martinez<\/p>\n

The teen never returned home. Investigators located his body near a Ventura County beach<\/a> a few days after his family reported him missing. The Ventura County Medical Examiner classified Hernandez’s death as a homicide, caused by acute ethanol intoxication.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More allegations against Garcia-Aquino began to surface after Hernandez’s death. LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said that in 2024, Garcia-Aquino “befriended a Sylmar family” through the soccer program. They allowed their juvenile son to spend the night at his home in Palmdale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The family subsequently filed a criminal report with the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station alleging sexual abuse of their child,” Luna said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The investigation led detectives to an unrelated case handled by the Los Angeles Police Department in 2022. The cases led investigators to release Garcia-Aquino’s picture, urging any potential victims to come forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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