Man Who Raped 8-Year-Old Also Pleads Guilty to Immigration Charges
The case fueled changes to the federal Secure Communities program last year.
Salvador Portillo Saravia, who was sentenced early this year to 25 years in prison for raping an 8-year-old Centreville girl, on Thursday also pleaded guilty to immigration charges. Portillo Saravia, 30, a citizen of El Salvador, faces up to two years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States after being deported. He pleaded guilty in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton and will be sentenced on August 31. News of the sexual assault and illegal re-entry made waves nationally, after a Washington Post article revealed that Portillo Saravia never should have been in the country in the first place—and by extension, that there were shortcomings with Secure Communities, a federal database that tracks deported …
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Mary C. Stachyra
3:35 pm on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Well actually, it was the defense lawyer who said that, not the judge. Just doing his job with obviously very little to work with. more ›