An illegal immigrant is accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and raping her at knifepoint in Kenner, Louisiana.
Following a manhunt by the Kenner Police Department, Diego Rodriguez-Salvador, a 23-year-old illegal immigrant, was arrested east of New Orleans this week and charged with one count of second-degree kidnapping and one count of second-degree statutory rape.
Police allege that on September 3, the girl was assaulted by Rodriguez-Salvador in the Veterans Heights neighborhood of Kenner, minutes from the New Orleans International Airport.
Police say the girl was taken to a trailer by Rodriguez-Salvador, where he raped her at knifepoint. When the girl returned home, police say she told her parents what happened and they immediately called the Kenner Police Department.
Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said Rodriguez-Salvador knew the girl’s family. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with Kenner police on the case.
“This man is a coward. He overpowered a 13-year-old girl. As a father, I am saddened and as a police chief, I am furious,” Conley told local media, noting that the girl is currently undergoing therapy.
Rodriguez-Salvador remains in jail in Jefferson Parish without bail.
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