Shocking Development: Illegal Migrant Babysitter Faces Severe Charges in Disturbing 5-Year-Old Assault Case

A Guatemalan national, residing in the U.S. illegally, faces charges of rape after allegedly sexually abusing a five-year-old girl on Long Island, New York, federal authorities announced Thursday.

Carlos Aguilar Reynoso has been charged with predatory sexual assault against a child, engaging in vaginal sexual contact with a minor, sexual abuse, endangering the welfare of a child, and resisting arrest, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Initially, Reynoso was only charged with child endangerment. However, local officials requested U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain him while they worked to collect sufficient evidence to support more serious charges.

The 27-year-old was looking after the girl as a favor to her mother. Upon returning from work on February 1, the mother found her daughter bleeding, which led her to take the child to the hospital, authorities reported.

Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, 27, was apprehended by immigration officials and given a final removal order after the alleged attack on the young girl in Long Island. (Department of Homeland Security/Getty Images)

“While local llocal law enforcementw 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 DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. 

“On March 16, ICE transferred this monster to local law enforcement to face justice for his reprehensible crimes,” she added. 

Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, 27, was arrested by immigration authorities and issued a final removal order after being accused of raping a 5-year-old girl on Long Island. (Department of Homeland Security/Getty Images)

ICE took Reynoso into custody on Feb. 2 as he was coming out of a police precinct, where he appeared for a desk ticket on the child endangerment charge, the New York Post previously reported.

ICE detained the suspect early at the request of local authorities while they gathered evidence, and he has since been turned over for prosecution and ordered deported. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

He was turned over to local authorities on March 16. A federal immigration judge issued a deportation order for Reynoso on the same day. 

Authorities don’t know when he illegally entered the United States, but DHS noted that seven of the 10 safest cities cooperate with ICE. 

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