An illegal immigrant is accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and raping her at knifepoint in Kenner, Louisiana.
A search by the Kenner Police Department revealed that 23-year-old illegal immigrant Diego Rodriguez Salvador Arrested He was arrested this week in New Orleans East and charged with second-degree kidnapping and second-degree rape of a minor.
Police allege the girl was attacked by Rodriguez-Salvador on Sept. 3 in the Veterans Heights neighborhood of Kenner, just minutes from New Orleans International Airport.
Police allege the girl was taken to a trailer by Rodriguez-Salvador, who raped her at knifepoint. After the girl returned home, she told her parents what had happened, and they immediately called the Kenner Police Department, police said.
Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said Rodriguez-Salvador knew the girl's family, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with Kenner police on the case.
“This guy is a coward. [He] “Officers subdued a 13-year-old girl. As a father I am saddened and as the police chief I am outraged,” Conley told local media, noting the girl was now receiving counselling.
Rodriguez-Salvador remains in the Jefferson County Jail without bail.
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