An Ecuadorian immigrant charged with raping a 13-year-old girl admitted to recording the incident during a court hearing in Queens, New York City, according to the New York Post.
Christian Giovanni Inga Landi, 25, was charged with multiple offenses, including rape and kidnapping, after assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Kissena Park. The incident, which occurred on June 13, came to light during a hearing where a videotaped confession from Inga Landi was presented. In the videotape, it was revealed that he was initially nervous, but then recorded the assault. according to In the New York Post.
“I was nervous at first, but then I calmed down and recorded it,” Inga Landi admitted in the video, the media reported.
Ecuadorian immigrant who allegedly raped a 13-year-old New York City girl says he recorded the attack in a disturbing confession: DA https://t.co/KPYB9YoFQV pic.twitter.com/8dDO9W0KuD
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Ingalandy was silent and depressed as prosecutors detailed the allegations. According to Assistant District Attorney Casey Esposito, Ingalandy encountered two teenagers at a park and allegedly escalated the assault by using a machete-style knife, according to the New York Post. He allegedly tied the victim with shoelaces, gagged the girl and raped her. After the assault, he allegedly stole the victim’s cell phone and threw it away before buying drugs.
“I then went to buy drugs,” he said, according to the media outlet.
Migrants who crossed from Mexico into the United States walk along the US side of the border wall in Jacumba Hot Springs, California, on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Frederick J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
The case has attracted attention due to the heinous nature of the crime and Ingalandi’s history, which includes being ordered to leave the United States by an immigration judge after being deemed an inadmissible alien in 2022. Judge Joan B. Watters ordered him held without bail as a flight risk, according to the media report. (Related: ‘Nobody is worse than him’: Brian Kilmeade presses Wes Moore to condemn Joe Biden’s border policies)
According to the New York Post, DNA evidence linking Ingalandi to the scene was crucial to the investigation, matching a sample submitted to immigration authorities in 2021. Additional information provided by the teenage victims, including a description of his distinctive boar tattoos and orthodontic braces, was crucial in the suspect’s identification and subsequent arrest by local residents, ending a five-day manhunt.
