Did He Get Away With Rape?
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Did He Get Away With Rape?
According to Newport Police, Gomez-Alvarez and another man raped a third man about ten days earlier in an apartment in Newport. The rape may have been premeditated.
The attack was savage. The victim was sodomized, and then, after the assault, he was told that if he went to the police, the two men would kill him.
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Just the Beginning of the Story
The sexual assault and the arrest are just the beginning of the story.
After Newport police arrested Gomez-Alvarez and the other man, Juan Carlos Montepeque-Albizures, they were transferred to the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute.
Gomez-Alvarez arrived at the ACI in-take center the same day as the arrest, according to Rhode Island Department of Correction records.
He was scheduled to face a court hearing in Providence Superior Court on February 13, 2025, to face four felony charges:
First Degree Sexual Assault - Felony
Conspiracy - Felony Less Than 5 Years
Kidnapping - Felony
Conspiracy - Felony Greater Than 5 to 10 Years
And his case was scheduled for an imminent appearance before the grand jury.
Gomez-Alvarez was a no-show at the Rhode Island court hearing, according to court records, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
According to the Department of Correction’s spokesman, J.R. Ventura, “I can tell you that, according to our records, [Gomez-Alvarez] was held here briefly without bail. He went to court on January 25 and was released per court order to ICE that day.”
However, Rhode Island court records do not show a January 25 court appearance in the state system. And, prison records only show that Gomez-Alvarez was taken by sheriffs and that ICE has or had him. Gomez-Alvarez is a native of Guatemala.
According to sources with direct knowledge of the situation, Newport police were unaware that ICE was taking Gomez-Alvarez, and the department had expected to assist the Attorney General’s office with the prosecution.
Efforts to reach ICE media officials on Friday were unsuccessful. The agency is reportedly in the midst of a restructuring that emerged on Friday.
“The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Caleb Vitello, was removed from his post, administration officials and other people familiar with the matter said, amid frustration in the Trump administration that deportations haven’t accelerated faster,” reported the Wall Street Journal.
No Justice, No Guarantees
What is known is that Gomez-Alvarez is in the custody of ICE or has been deported.
And, despite the accusations against him for a series of vicious crimes, he will not see a day in jail nor have the convictions on his record.
The victim will likely not see that one of his alleged perpetrators is held responsible, and with a border recidivism rate for deported individuals reportedly to be as high as 20% in some years, there is no guarantee that Gomez-Alvarez won't return to the United States.