Honduran Migrant Charged In NY Dumpster Rape After Texas Bus Arrest
A Honduran migrant accused in a New York dumpster rape was arrested on April 27, 2026, aboard a Texas bus as he tried to flee toward the southern border, prosecutors said.
The district attorney said the man is a Honduran national and now faces charges in New York related to the alleged attack. He was taken into custody during a bus stop in Texas after authorities say he was heading south.
The episode traces back to an alleged dumpster rape in New York, prosecutors say, after which authorities launched a search that investigators say led the suspect to flee the state and board a bus bound for the southern border.
Officials did not immediately detail whether he would be extradited to New York or provide additional case documents. Prosecutors described the arrest as part of efforts to apprehend the person accused in the alleged attack.
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- Alleged assault occurred around 4 a.m. on March 27, 2026, behind a dumpster at the Esperanza Deli Cafe in Amityville, New York.
- Prosecutors say video shows Jose Ignacio Bonilla Garcia dragging an unconscious intoxicated man, sexually assaulting him, and then beating him with fists and a wood plank when he woke.
- A delivery driver discovered the victim hours later and called 911, leading to his hospitalization.
- U.S. Marshals arrested Bonilla Garcia in Rosenberg, Texas, on a Greyhound bus allegedly headed toward the southern border.
- Bonilla Garcia was extradited to New York and arraigned April 27, 2026, on two counts of first-degree rape and one count of felony assault and is being held without bail.
- ICE has filed an immigration detainer to deport Bonilla Garcia after the criminal proceedings conclude.
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