Ervin Jeovany Alfaro Lopez, a 33-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, has been charged with over 20 counts of sex offenses involving minors in Maryland. He was in the country posing as a church teacher despite having been deported on two previous occasions.
Charges against Alfaro Lopez include second-degree rape and two counts of third-degree sex offenses. Police began the investigation in May after a victim came forward. Later, three additional victims reported similar cases of abuse. Aged six to 12 years old, they said the abuse often happened when they were praying with closed eyes. One of them was the daughter of the church pastor.
Alfaro Lopez has a record of repeated illegal entries into the U.S., according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He first unlawfully entered the U.S. in March 2015, being charged and deported by September 2018. He was re-arrested in the U.S. in January 2019, leaving voluntarily in April 2019. In March 2020, after illegal re-entry, he was again caught and deported.
The time of his latest entry into the United States is unclear. ICE issued an immigration detainer against him when he was arrested for the church abuse, but the Montgomery County Detention Center ignored the order and released him from custody on August 11.