The United States Department of Homeland Security announced on July 27 that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a detainer asking Idaho officials not to release an illegal alien charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenager.
According to local reporting, the incident occurred on July 23 at a park in Star, Idaho. Authorities said a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by the individual, who then left the park with her in his vehicle. The victim was later located and reunited with her family. Police in Boise arrested Jose Alberto Lozano-Flores, identified as a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, the following day.
Lozano-Flores is facing charges including lewd conduct with a child, kidnapping for the purpose of ransom or committing rape, and resisting or obstructing officers.
“This criminal illegal alien is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Idaho,” said Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “ICE will work with our partners in Idaho to ensure that he is not released from jail and is never loose in American communities again. When state politicians cooperate with us, we are able to keep criminals out of American neighborhoods.”
Authorities stated that Lozano-Flores illegally entered the United States through New Mexico in 2023. He was encountered by Border Patrol agents at that time and agreed to voluntarily return to Mexico, but subsequently re-entered the country illegally at an unknown date and location.