VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Salvadoran contractor sentenced Tuesday for raping an 11-year-old girl after he was hired to renovate the family's bathroom was in the United States illegally, the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office confirmed to WTKR investigator Margaret Kavanagh Wednesday.

Ricardo Mejia was hired to renovate the family’s bathroom but instead committed crimes against the child on three different occasions. He was convicted with three counts of rape of a child under the age of 13, and for breaking into the home.

Mejia, who is a citizen of El Salvador, is illegally in the country, and an ICE detainer has been issued for him.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a detainer for Mejia after the VBSO ran a routine query on him because he was born outside of the U.S..

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