A twice-deported illegal immigrant from El Salvador has been charged with rape and abduction in Northern Virginia, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which is urging Fairfax County officials to honor an ICE detainer and transfer him into federal custody.Juan Arevalo Mendez, 46, was arrested June 30 in Prince William County on charges of rape and abduction with intent to sexually assault stemming from an alleged attack in September 2025, according to DHS.U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer the same day, asking Fairfax County officials not to release him from custody.Fairfax County Police told Fox News Digital officers responded Sept.
19, 2025, after a woman reported she had been sexually assaulted about two weeks earlier in the 3800 block of South George Mason Drive in Bailey's Crossroads.Detectives assigned to the department's Sex Crimes Unit investigated the allegations and obtained warrants charging Arevalo Mendez with rape and abduction.TWICE-DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH FLYING DRONE IN RESTRICTED AIRSPACE DURING FIFA FAN FESTIVALJuan Arevalo Mendez, a Salvadoran national, was arrested June 30 in Prince William County on rape and abduction charges stemming from an alleged September 2025 assault in Fairfax County, according to police.
DHS said ICE lodged a detainer the same day.(Department of Homeland Security)Juan Arevalo Mendez, a Salvadoran national, was arrested June 30 in Prince William County on rape and abduction charges stemming from an alleged September 2025 assault in Fairfax County, according to police.
DHS said ICE lodged a detainer the same day.(Department of Homeland Security)Members of the department's Fugitive Tracking and Apprehension Team arrested Arevalo Mendez in Prince William County on June 30.
He is being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, police said.According to DHS, Arevalo Mendez first entered the U.S.as a lawful permanent resident in 1991, but that statu...