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Negrete: West Phoenix and July Photo

negrete: This July 31 photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Fernando Magaz Negrete after his arrest on suspicion of molestation, according to Toronto Star. Police say Negrete, an employee of a non-profit organization that houses immigrant children separated from their parents at the border, kissed and inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl staying at one of the group's facilities in west Phoenix. Police say 32-year-old Fernando Magaz Negrete kissed and fondled the girl in her bedroom at the facility on June 27 in an encounter witnessed by the girl's 16-year-old roommate. Maricopa County Sherrif's Office/The Associated Press It wasn't immediately known if he has an attorney. The facility where the alleged abuse occurred was visited on June 28 by first lady Melania Trump, who met with people directly affected by her husband's hard-line immigration policies. Southwest Key, which operates the facility, declined to say whether the 14-year-old girl was an immigrant who was separated from her parents at the border. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.