Illegal immigrant from El Salvador accused of raping a child arrested by immigration authorities (ICE) on Nantucket Island

According to ICE, Aldana entered the United States illegally on an unknown date and at an unknown location without being screened by immigration officials – an act commonly referred to as an “abscond.”

Aldana was charged in Nantucket District Court on July 26 with rape of a child with an age difference of 10 years and two counts of sexual assault and battery of a child under 14, ICE said.

Following his arraignment, Aldana was released on bail by the Nantucket District Court on July 29.

Officers from ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested Aldana on the island of Nantucket on September 10 and served him with a summons to appear before a Justice Department immigration judge. As of Monday afternoon, he remains in ERO custody.

“Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo is accused of some heinous and disturbing crimes against a Nantucket child,” said Todd Lyons, ERO field office director in Boston. “He poses a significant danger to the children of our Massachusetts communities.”

“ERO Boston will not tolerate such a threat to the most vulnerable of our population. We will continue to put the safety of our people first by arresting and removing egregious, non-citizen offenders from our New England neighborhoods,” Lyons said.