An illegal alien in Bedford County, Virginia, was sentenced to six months in prison for a sex crime against a 15-year-old girl who entered the United States as an unaccompanied alien child (UAC).
Isauro Garcia Cruz (43), an illegal immigrant from Mexico, begged He was found guilty this month in Bedford County of consensual sexual conduct with a child over 15. Mr. Cruz was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for six months.
Cruz was charged with kidnapping in Butler County, Ohio, prosecutors said. He also has an outstanding warrant for child sex crimes.
Enforcement began in February in Virginia and Ohio. investigating Cruz spoke after the abduction of a Honduran UAC teenager who was placed with an illegal alien adult sponsor by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Middletown, Ohio, after arriving at the southern border.
Law enforcement eventually located the girl and Cruz in Bedford County. The girl’s adult sponsor is reportedly Cruz’s girlfriend, and police are still investigating whether she was trafficked by an illegal alien.
Immediate release…March 6, 2024
Investigations into potential kidnappings, unlawful sexual assaults, and human trafficking.
Sheriff Richard K. Jones announced the arrest of Isauro Garcia Cruz, 43, of Middletown, Ohio. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office investigated a report of an incident. pic.twitter.com/GwYI0PliUy
— Richard K. Jones (@butlersheriff) March 6, 2024
Cruz is scheduled to be extradited to Butler County, where he is charged with first-degree kidnapping, a felony, third-degree unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, a fourth-degree felony, and first-degree interference with custody, a misdemeanor. There is.
Mr. Cruz is scheduled to return to court on May 1 for an extradition hearing.
HHS oversees the UAC program. Under this program, children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border are temporarily placed in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) before being transferred to HHS custody, and eventually an adult sponsor. Children are left in the care of children (most of whom are adults). Not their biological parents.
Federal whistleblowers have called the UAC program a “multibillion-dollar child trafficking operation” that enriches Mexican drug cartels and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
From FY2021 to FY2023, 370,000 The UAC was released into the U.S. by HHS. The majority of UACs (61 to 66 percent) are male, and 69 percent to 72 percent are between 15 and 18 years old.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
