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Illegal alien accused of raping 13-year-old girl with knife

Illegal alien accused of raping 13-year-old girl with knife

An illegal alien is accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and raping her at knifepoint in Kenner, Louisiana.

Following a manhunt by Kenner police, 23-year-old illegal alien Diego Rodriguez-Salvador was arrested this week in New Orleans East. He was charged with second-degree kidnapping and second-degree rape of a minor.

Police said the girl was attacked by Rodriguez-Salvador on September 3 in the Veterans Heights neighborhood of Kenner, just minutes from New Orleans International Airport.

According to police, Rodriguez-Salvador took the girl to a trailer, where he allegedly raped her at knifepoint. When the girl got home, she told her parents what had 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’m saddened and as a police chief I’m outraged,” Conley told local media, noting that the girl is now in therapy.

Rodriguez-Salvador remains in the Jefferson Parish jail without bail.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter here.