Illegal immigrant, 20, from El Salvador arrested for raping 11-year-old girl in Maryland

Two Maryland public high school students, aged 19 and 20,  have been arrested for allegedly raping different 11-year-old girls off campus in separate incidents.  

Jonathan Coreas-Salamanca, 20, and Ivan Reyes Lopez, 19, have both been charged each with second-degree rape. Coreas-Salamanca faces additional counts of sexual abuse of a minor and third-degree sexual offense.  

Coreas-Salamanca, a Salvadorian national living in the US illegally, was arrested at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, where he was enrolled as a student, on February 13. 

Six days later cops arrested Lopez at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, where he is a student.

Both students had immigrated to the US and were enrolled in the Montgomery County Public School system.

Montgomery County made headlines last year for their sanctuary city policies, but have since rolled back on them, allowing ICE to cooperate with police under certain circumstances. 

Ivan Reyes Lopez, 19

Maryland public high school students Jonathan Coreas-Salamanca, 20, (left) and Ivan Reyes Lopez, 19, (right) have both been charged with second-degree rape after they were arrested earlier this month for allegedly assaulting  different 11-year-old girls in separate incidents

According to Maryland state law, any resident between five and 21 is entitled to a free public education. 

Coreas-Salamanca was living in Adelphi, Maryland and was in the US illegally, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

It’s not clear when he arrived in the US or how long he has been living in the country for. CBP said he was a minor when he arrived to the US.  

ICE has filed an immigration detainer with the Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation.  

He is accused of giving a 11-year-old girl a cell phone some time last year. 

Using that phone he exchanged explicit text messages and photographs with the girl and arranged for sexual meetups. 

The victim’s father discovered the phone on Christmas Eve and found a trove of text messages describing ‘vaginal intercourse, fellatio, and cunnilingus’. 

The father reported to police a text message where the suspect advised the victim that ‘she bit his penis the last time she performed fellatio’, according to court documents.  

Coreas-Salamanca, a Salvadorian national living in the US illegally, was arrested at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring (above), where he was enrolled as a student, on February 13

Coreas-Salamanca, a Salvadorian national living in the US illegally, was arrested at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring (above), where he was enrolled as a student, on February 13

‘Suspect Coreas-Salamanca’s purpose in sending the text message was to teach Victim A how to better perform fellatio,’ the documents said.  

The father reported the phone to police and cops seized the phone for forensic analysis. 

Lopez emigrated from Honduras nearly three years ago and was living with his uncle in Silver Spring, according to court documents. 

He is accused of luring a different 11-year-old from a park near the Rollingwood Apartments in Silver Spring to his family’s apartment. 

Once there he told the girl to sit down on a bed and turned on Netflix before raping her, the victim told detectives. 

Lopez, speaking through a Spanish translator, argued to investigators that he led the victim by hand to his bedroom and the two had ‘consensual vaginal intercourse’, court documents say.  

Both were denied bond in initial court appearances. 

Coreas-Salamanca faces up to 55 years in prison whereas Lopez faces 20 years. 

Coreas-Salamanca faces a higher sentence because he is accused of repeatedly molesting his victim.  

Six days later cops arrested Lopez at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (above), where he is a student. Lopez emigrated from Honduras nearly three years ago and was living with his uncle in Silver Spring, according to court documents

Six days later cops arrested Lopez at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (above), where he is a student. Lopez emigrated from Honduras nearly three years ago and was living with his uncle in Silver Spring, according to court documents

When asked how many students aged 19, 20, of 21 are currently enrolled in the county public school system, the MCPS refused to comment. 

‘There is no data suggesting that being a high school student at 19, 20, or 21 makes a person more or less likely to commit a crime. Any suggestion otherwise is wrong and trying to make a connection there to students enrolled in our district is wrong,’ spokeswoman Gboyinde Onijala said to WJLA.  

The two incidents in the same school district have sparked outrage among parents. 

‘If the school system would not allow an employee or a volunteer to be back in the school while they’re facing such serious charges, how does that change when it’s a student? They’re over 18. They are men. They just use a different badge to get into school,’ Jennifer Gross, a Montgomery County resident, mother, and longtime advocate for sexual assault prevention said. 

‘Will they be allowed to return to the classroom? Will they be allowed to be back in general education public high school?’ she added. 

‘These are adult men. They are over the age of 18 and simply because you’re enrolled in MCPS schools — or any other school system — does not change the fact that you’re legally an adult,’ she said. 

Last year, Montgomery County rolled back its sanctuary policies following a slew of arrests of undocumented immigrants linked to alleged rape or sexual abuse. 

In 2019, Democratic Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich issued an executive order that forbade county police from asking an individual about their immigration status and prohibited officials from cooperating with ICE agents. 

However, in November 2019 the county announced that ICE agents would be allowed access to certain areas of the Montgomery County jail to apprehend illegal aliens.  

 

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