The United States Department of Homeland Security announced on July 24 that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a detainer for an illegal alien charged with attempted rape and sexual misconduct with a child in Indiana.
According to the department, Javier Cereque-Perez, identified as a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by ICE on July 6 in Indianapolis during a joint operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The arrest followed charges stemming from an incident in August 2024, when an underaged victim reported that Cereque-Perez touched her inappropriately, tried to remove her clothes, and attempted to rape her inside a vehicle near Fishers, Indiana. An arrest warrant was issued for Cereque-Perez in December 2024.
After his arrest, Cereque-Perez was turned over to the Fishers Police Department. He faces two counts of attempting to commit rape, sexual misconduct with a minor, and sexual battery. ICE has lodged a detainer with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, where he is currently being held.
“This illegal alien is charged with attempted rape, sexual misconduct with a child, and sexual battery after he allegedly tried to rape a child in 2024,” said Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “Thanks to our law enforcement partners at the federal and local levels, he will now face justice for his crimes. ICE has lodged a detainer asking officials in Indiana to turn him over to ICE custody so that he can be removed from our country, and can never prey on another innocent child again.”
The department said Cereque-Perez entered the United States illegally at an unknown date and location.