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DENVER, Colorado -- Law enforcement agencies say they followed policies and procedures, but an illegal alien, accused of sexually assaulting a nine year-old Denver girl, was still able to post a bond and flee the country.
The man, who called himself Manuel Flores, was arrested February 15 and accused of raping and sodomizing his girlfriend's daughter. According to police documents, he was not able to provide a Social Security number or driver's license. When he was booked into the Denver Jail, he told Officers he was born in Moralos, Mexico.
A Sheriff's Department spokesman says they alerted federal immigration officials that Flores might be an illegal alien, but ICE apparently did not put an immigration hold on him. Judge Andrew Armatas set as $35,000 bond, which legal observers say is low for someone suspected of sexually assaulting a child.
Posted by tyne at May 24, 2007