Illegal migrant accused of raping Massachusetts childisset free, despite ICE detainer
An illegal migrant charged with raping a child in Massachusetts was released from custody by local authorities — who “ignored” a federal request to detain him, officials said.Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas, a 38-year-old Guatemalan national, was nabbed by local cops in Lowell, Mass., on June 14 after he allegedly raped the minor, according to immigration officials.Two weeks after his arrest, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston said it lodged an immigration detainer with Middlesex Superior Court asking to take custody of Hernandez-Rodas in light of his alleged crimes.The request, though, was ultimately “ignored” by the Middlesex Superior Court, the feds said.Hernandez-Rodas pleaded not guilty to aggravated rape of a child with force and rape of a child by force at his arraignment and was sprung from custody last month after posting $10,000 bail, court records show.Federal agents, however, finally grabbed him on Sept.
20 after he was fitted with a GPS monitor — part of his bail conditions, according to the records and a court spokesperson.He remains in federal custody.“Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas stands accused of horrific crimes against a Massachusetts child,” ERO Boston acting field office director Patricia Hyde said in a statement.
“He represents a significant danger to the children of our community that we will not tolerate.ERO Boston will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing egregious noncitizen threats from our New England neighborhoods.”A court spokesperson didn’t elaborate on why Hernandez-Rodas’ ICE detainer was apparently ignored.Details on the alleged rape he is accused of carrying out — including whom he targeted, when and where — also weren’t immediately available.Hernandez-Rodas has been in the US for more than a decade after sneaking in from Guatemala illegally as a “gotaway” — meaning he was able to evade authorities at the border, the feds said.
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