Abner Saravia Arevalo/El Salvador/Rape

Federal immigration authorities arrested criminal illegal alien Abner Saravia Arevalo in Saint Paul, Minnesota, following convictions for rape by force and illegal reentry after removal. Saravia Arevalo, a Salvadoran national, was previously convicted of a violent rape offense classified as a serious felony sex crime, along with a separate federal conviction under 8 U.S.C. 1326 for unlawfully returning to the United States after deportation.

Rape involving force or coercion is treated in Minnesota and federal reporting standards as a violent sexual assault offense that can carry lengthy prison terms and mandatory supervision. Illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. 1326 makes it a federal crime for a previously removed noncitizen to reenter, attempt to reenter, or be found in the country without authorization, with penalties that increase when the person has prior aggravated felony convictions such as rape.

Saravia Arevalo remains in federal detention while officials advance formal removal proceedings.