Juan Ortiz Lorenzo/Guatemala/Sexual Assault, Terroristic Threat

ICE agents apprehended Juan Ortiz Lorenzo in Omaha, Nebraska. The Guatemala illegal alien faces charges of sexual assault, terroristic threat.

Sexual assault charges are among the most serious in the criminal justice system, carrying the potential for lengthy prison sentences and lifetime sex offender registration requirements. For illegal aliens arrested on such charges, the case triggers two simultaneous legal proceedings — the criminal prosecution and a federal immigration removal case moving on a separate, independent timeline. Lorenzo now faces both.

Lorenzo has been placed in federal immigration detention and is scheduled to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. If ordered removed, Lorenzo would be deported to Guatemala.