OAKLAND, Calif. - One of the most prolific sex crime suspects in recent South Bay history has been charged with sexually assaulting more than 19 men, the Santa Clara County District Attorney announced Friday.

Mountain View resident and barber Franklin Enrique Sarceno Orla, 35, was arrested for sexual assault in August 2024, but the DA says he fled the country for Guatemala after posting the $250,000 bail. He was arrested by Guatemalan law enforcement and extradited back to the U.S., and will be arraigned on 43 sexual assault felonies on Monday in Palo Alto, according to prosecutors.

"You can run, but you can't hide," District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a press release. "This violent criminal thought that fleeing to Central America would protect him from facing justice for his violent

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