An illegal immigrant from Honduras is accused of kidnapping and sodomizing a girl who was under the age of 12 in Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday after he was deported four different times from the country, The Daily Wire has learned.
Jorge Luis Martinez-Ulloa allegedly grabbed the young girl by her arm and neck, trapping her in his apartment, and raping her, the Lexington Herald Leader reported, citing court documents.
The young child didn’t know Martinez-Ulloa, the local news outlet reported. She was later hospitalized for her injuries, and police took the illegal immigrant and accused rapist into custody.
Courtesy of DHS
The Honduran national first crossed the border illegally in Laredo, Texas, in 2012 and was removed from the country through a process known as voluntary departure, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Daily Wire.
Martinez-Ulloa then entered the United States illegally again on February 26, 2021; February 28, 2021; and March 7, 2021, and was deported each time, DHS said. He then snuck into the country a fifth time on an unknown date before he went on to victimize the young child Saturday.
Martinez-Ulloa is charged with kidnapping of a minor, first-degree strangulation, two counts of first-degree rape involving a victim under 12, two counts of first-degree sodomy involving a victim under 12, and two counts of sexual abuse of a victim under 12.
ICE has since lodged a detainer with local authorities, asking them to hand over the illegal immigrant for eventual deportation, the agency said.
“This criminal illegal alien kidnapped and raped a child. ICE requesting Lexington not release this child predator without notification to ICE law enforcement,” Acting Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.
Over two dozen law enforcement agencies in Kentucky have agreements to work with ICE through its 287(g) program, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. While authorities in Lexington haven’t entered into such formal agreements, it is not considered a sanctuary jurisdiction that is prevented from working with federal immigration officers.
“Thankfully, Lexington cooperates with ICE, so this pedophile will not be released from jail back into American neighborhoods,” Bis said. “We need more cities and states to cooperate with us to help remove sickos like this from our country. Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE will continue arresting and removing child rapists from our country.”
Martinez-Ulloa was arraigned Monday afternoon, when a judge kept his bond at $100,000, according to the Lexington Herald Leader. His next hearing is scheduled for April 7.
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