NEW ORLEANS, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

The illegal alien was arrested in a joint operation by ICE and the FBI

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer for an illegal alien charged with attempted rape and sexual misconduct with a child in Indiana.

According to local reporting, the charges stem from an incident in August 2024, for which an arrest warrant was issued in December 2024. The underaged victim told officers that Javier Cereque-Perez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, touched her inappropriately, tried to take her clothes off, and attemp...