1 Charged in Gang Rape of Bemidji Girl; 11 Illegal Immigrants Processed at Scene

For Bemidji residents, there are more questions than answers right now after police announced Thursday that 11 illegal immigrants were processed at a home where multiple minor girls were allegedly raped.

Just one person, 22-year-old Oscar Ernesto Luna of Mission, Texas, has been charged so far. {snip}

Oscar Ernesto Luna

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Police were called to the Sanford Bemidji emergency room at 2:15 a.m. Sept. 23 on a report of a sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl.

The victim said in an interview that she was with a woman who she called “auntie,” who was drunk and “wanted to go to a party.”

At this point, the woman allegedly made the victim get into the “Mexican guys’” car, where a bag was placed over her head as she was driven to a home {snip} Once there, the victim was unclothed and tied up in a room with two other girls as the woman allegedly forced her to drink alcohol. A rope was also tied around her neck at some point, causing her neck to bleed.

One of the girls was “bloody and unconscious” {snip} There were “four Mexican men present” who raped the victim. {snip}

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{snip} Bemidji police said several other individuals were located at the residence during the execution of the search warrant and 11 of them “were transported by US Border Patrol to be processed as illegal immigrants.”

Luna was wanted on active warrants related to two DWI offenses at the time of his arrest. {snip}

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