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From the New York Post: A Senegalese national who crossed the US border illegally last year is now charged with raping a 36-year-old woman in the Bronx — one of three migrants busted for sex crimes in the Big Apple in the past two weeks.
Papa Diop, 38, was arrested Saturday and charged with rape and sexual abuse in the vicious assault that took place shortly before 2 a.m. on Aug. 5 in the South Bronx, according to authorities.
Immigration officials said Diop had been arrested by US border agents in Yuma, Arizona, in May 2023 and was released without bail because of a shortage of detention space at the overwhelmed border.
He submitted an asylum application in January and was given a work permit that expires in 2029.
According to the victim, Diop first approached her and asked for directions. He left, but then returned about an hour later and whispered something in her ear she didn’t understand.
Diop then reportedly “put his arm around her throat and pinned her down on a park bench, where he raped her.”
Days later, on Saturday, police spotted Diop at a train station and arrested him. He is being held at Rikers Island on $250,000 cash bail or a $750,000 bond, and ICE has filed a detainer, seeking to take custody of him when he is released.
The NYPD Crime Stoppers had posted a video of the rapist last week, asking for help from the public to find him.
🚨WANTED- RAPE: On 8/5/24 @NYPD40PCT in the vicinity of Bergen Avenue and East 149 Street an unidentified individual sexually assaulted the female victim. Any info call us at 800-577-TIPS or anonymously post on our website https://t.co/TRPPY5zHV2 Reward UP to $3,500. pic.twitter.com/Pcycv1xfDO
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) August 10, 2024
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin commented on the case, writing, “Yet another illegal alien who was caught and released at the border by the Biden/Harris admin last year has now been charged with raping a woman in NYC, per NYP’s @JennieSTaer. The mass catch & release of largely unvetted single adult men continues to lead to heinous crimes.”
Yet another illegal alien who was caught and released at the border by the Biden/Harris admin last year has now been charged with raping a woman in NYC, per NYP’s @JennieSTaer
The mass catch & release of largely unvetted single adult men continues to lead to heinous crimes. https://t.co/PTWm4bILHe
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 13, 2024
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