U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed to Fox News that an Ecuadorian illegal immigrant charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in New York City was arrested by Border Patrol in Eagle Pass, Texas, in June 2021 and subsequently released into the U.S. with a court date set.
Additionally, the department confirmed in a statement to Fox News’ Bill Melgin that an immigration judge ordered the deportation of Christian Giovanni Inga Landi, 25, in February 2022, but that he was not deported.
Inga Lundy is among those not in ICE’s custody caseload, but Fox News reported this week that the caseload has skyrocketed to 7.4 million, meaning that each ICE agent now has to handle an average of 7,000 cases.
On June 18, the New York Police Department arrested Inga Lundy for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Queens. He also faces several other charges.
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Christian Giovanni “Inga” Lundy, 25, was released from the NYPD’s 112th Precinct on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Inga is charged with rape, kidnapping of a minor and other offenses for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in a park on Thursday. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Security camera footage from the scene led to a flood of tips about Inga Lundy’s location, leading police to identify him as the prime suspect.
He was eventually arrested after neighbors recognized him from a wanted poster, and about 10 people held him down until police arrived and arrested him early Tuesday morning.
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The same day, the New York City Department of Enforcement and Deportation filed an immigration detention order opposing his release.
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ICE confirmed that Christian Giovanny Inga Landi, a 25-year-old undocumented immigrant from Ecuador, was apprehended by Border Patrol in Eagle Pass, Texas, in June 2021 and released into the U.S. after being served with a Notice to Appear. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Inga Lundy was no stranger to law enforcement.
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The immigrant had a history of minor criminal offenses, including not paying subway fares and drinking alcohol in public. Police said he had also been involved in a domestic violence incident, but was never charged and it is unclear when he was arrested. Texas.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Lee contributed to this report.
