BILLERICA, Mass. — Federal immigration officers arrested a 23-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala charged with rape and multiple other sex crimes in Massachusetts, ICE announced.
Officers from ICE Boston apprehended Rocael Ordonez-Cruz on July 21 at the Middlesex County House of Correction in Billerica after his release from state custody. Ordonez-Cruz had entered the United States at an unknown location and time without being inspected, admitted, or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.
“Rocael Ordonez-Cruz has not only displayed a blatant disregard for our laws by illegally entering this United States and later allegedly sexually assaulting our residents, he has also proven to be a threat to our neighborhoods,” said David Wesling, acting Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston Field Office Director.
The Arlington, Massachusetts, Police Department arrested Ordonez-Cruz on June 25. Local authorities charged him with assault to rape, rape, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years or older, and indecent exposure.
“The arrest of this alleged sex offender from the streets of Massachusetts shows our officers’ dedication to the safety and security of our New England communities,” Wesling said. “We will not stop finding and arresting dangerous criminal alien offenders.”
ICE officers served Ordonez-Cruz with a notice to appear before a Justice Department immigration judge. He will remain in ICE custody pending the outcome of his removal proceedings.