AUSTIN, Texas — In a story July 18 about two men charged in the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old Texas girl, The Associated Press mistakenly reported that one of the suspects, Juan Lozano Ortega, is 25. Ortega is 24.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Records: Texas teenager raped as men cheered
Court records in Central Texas say girl, 13, raped by several men, some who recorded attack
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As many as 10 men allegedly took turns sexually assaulting a 13-year-old runaway Texas girl in an apartment where some cheered and filmed the attacks with their cellphone cameras, according to court records released Thursday.
Authorities have charged two men in the alleged June 29 attacks, which began after the girl ran away from an Austin group home for children and got into a car with three unknown men, according to an arrest affidavit.
Juan Lozano Ortega, 24, and Edgar Gerardo Guzman Perez, 26, were charged Wednesday with aggravated sexual assault of a child. They were being held Thursday in the Travis County Jail on $30,000 bond each. Court and jail records did not indicate whether the men had attorneys.
Austin police did not immediately return a phone message Thursday about the investigation or other possible suspects.