DHS Praises ICE for Arresting Suspected Child Rapist Migrant After Police Station Release

Exclusive to Fox: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is highlighting its successful collaboration with New York authorities in keeping an illegal immigrant, accused of a heinous crime against a young girl, off the streets. This cooperation is notable given the challenges posed by New York’s sanctuary laws, which typically limit such partnerships.

Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, a 27-year-old Guatemalan national, is at the center of this disturbing case. He was entrusted with babysitting a 5-year-old girl as a favor to her mother. Upon returning home from work on February 1, the mother found her daughter in distress, bleeding through her underwear. This alarming discovery led to an immediate hospital visit.

The child was subsequently transferred to a specialized hospital where a rape kit was administered, and she underwent surgery to address severe internal injuries, according to reports by the New York Post, which cited law enforcement sources.

Accused of this appalling crime, Reynoso was apprehended by immigration officials and now faces a final removal order. However, due to the unavailability of processed DNA evidence, he was initially charged only with endangering the welfare of a child. This charge, under New York’s bail reform laws, does not permit prosecutors to request bail. Additionally, state sanctuary laws would have typically prevented federal immigration authorities from detaining Reynoso.

With DNA not yet processed, Reynoso could only be initially charged with endangering the welfare of a child, an offense that bars prosecutors from seeking bail, under New York’s bail reform laws. Federal immigration authorities would also have been barred from taking Reynoso into custody under the state’s sanctuary laws. 

“Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was charged for raping a five-year-old child in New York. While local law enforcement processed DNA evidence and built their case, they contacted ICE to arrest this pedophile so he would not be released into our communities to prey on more innocent children,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer’s badge and gear.  (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

In a move to circumvent sanctuary laws, Reynoso was given a desk-appearance ticket so he would be processed and released from a police precinct for the endangerment charge. 

ICE agents nabbed Reynoso as he was leaving a police precinct the day after the alleged rape. DNA results later tied him to the rape, authorities said. 

On Monday, Reynoso was charged with predatory sex assault against a child, vaginal sexual contact with a child, sexual abuse, acting in a manner to injure a child and resisting arrest.

“This case shows why we need local law enforcement cooperation. When we work together, our communities are safer,” Bis said. 

DHS noted that seven of the 10 safest cities cooperate with ICE. 

Last week, Reynoso was issued a final order of removal from the United States by an immigration judge. 

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