Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Charged with Sexually Abusing 6-12-Year-Old Girls

An illegal alien, previously deported twice from the United States, is now accused of sexually abusing girls from six to 12 years old while he was working as a teacher at a church in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Ervin Jeovany Alfaro Lopez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested and charged in March {snip}

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{snip} Lopez has a history of illegally crossing the United States-Mexico {snip}

{snip} He was first arrested by U.S. Border Patrol near Lake Charles, Louisiana, on March 23, 2015 after having unlawfully entered the U.S. {snip} He was ordered to report to a Department of Justice immigration judge in Baltimore and was subsequently removed from the U.S. on Sep. 26, 2018.

Alfaro-Lopez was re-arrested in the U.S. on Jan. 23, 2019 {snip}

On March 9, 2020, Alfaro-Lopez was caught by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas after he came back into the country illegally. USBP processed him for expedited removal and he was deported on March 24, 2020.

In August 2023, Montgomery County police arrested Lopez on second-degree rape charges and two counts of third-degree sexual offense. At the time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials told FOX5 DC they ordered Lopez be held on a detainer.

Montgomery County officials ignored the ICE detainer and released Lopez {snip}

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