The man who allegedly raped a corpse on a Manhattan subway train for 30 minutes is an illegal immigrant who crossed into the US from Mexico at least five times before finally getting locked up over the sick act, The Post has exclusively learned.
Felix Rojas, 44, unlawfully crossed the US-Mexico border “on several occasions” in the late 1990s before being caught by Border Patrol agents and voluntarily turning back, an ICE spokesperson revealed.
But Rojas apparently crossed the border at least one more time and remained undetected by immigration authorities until NYPD cops arrested him Sunday night in connection to the shocking defilement of 37-year-old family man Jorge Gonzalez, who suddenly died on an R train nearly three weeks before, the spokesperson said
An ICE spokesperson — who referred to Rojas as Felix Jeronimo-Rojas — said US Border Patrol ran into him three times in 1998 and once in 1999.
Rojas voluntarily returned to Mexico each time, the spokesperson said.
When Rojas last illegally entered the US is unknown, according to the spokesperson.
ICE officers in New York City lodged immigration detainers against Jeronimo’s release with Manhattan Central Booking on Monday, as well as Wednesday with the city’s Department of Corrections at Rikers Island after he was ordered remanded pending trial in the rape case, the spokesperson said.
Exclusive | Sicko charged with raping corpse on NYC subway is illegal immigrant who crossed the border at least five times: ICE
Felix Rojas, 44, remained undetected after his last time crossing the border until NYPD cops arrested him in the shocking defilement of a dead R train straphanger.
