Crime & Safety
One-Year Sentence for Rapist's Immigration Violation
Salvador Portillo Saravia, who is already serving a 25-year sentence for raping a child, was sentenced Friday to a year in prison for illegally re-entering the country.
Salvador Portillo Saravia, who is already , was sentenced to an additional year on immigration charges.
On Friday, United States District Judge Claude Hilton sentenced Portillo Saravia, who to the charge of illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported. Portillo Saravia is a native of El Salvador and authorities say he is also a member of the MS-13 street gang.
Portillo Saravia, now 30, raped the 9-year-old girl around shortly after Christmas 2010, authorities said. He then fled to Texas, in February 2011.
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A Washington Post article showed that Portillo Saravia should have been caught after being charged with a lesser crime in Loudoun County shortly before the rape. The article demonstrated that Secure Communities, a federal database that tracks deported immigrants, had some shortcomings. The case inspired legislators to grant additional funding for the database.
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