Francisco Maldonado Tojin, 23, who is from Guatemala, was arrested Tuesday morning by El Paso police.
Tojin was charged with burglary of habitation intend sex offense.
El Paso police responded to reports of a sexual assault and found a Guatemalan woman clutching her 1-year-old child inside a room at the Budget Inn Motel.
The investigation revealed that she and her child were been placed at the motel by the Annunciation House. The Annunciation House is an organization that accompanies migrants, homeless, and economically vulnerable peoples of the border region through hospitality, advocacy, and education, according to their website.
Police said she was bathing her child when she saw Tojin, whom she doesn’t know, in the room. Police said the door had been left unlocked so that volunteer workers could freely walk in and out of the room.
Tojin was allegedly told to leave but he surprised the victim by groping her under her clothing and pressed himself against her in a lewd manner. As volunteers responded to the woman’s screams, Tojin ran out of the room, police said.
They said he was found in his motel room, where he too had been placed by Annunciation House, along with his 6-year-old son.
Tojin is accused of not identifying himself to police, said Sgt. Enrique Carrillo. He later identified himself when he was placed in U.S. Border Patrol custody, said Carrillo.
Authorities said is son was also placed in Border Patrol custody.
During the Christmas holiday hundreds of processed immigrants were dropped off unexpectedly in downtown El Paso.
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