Accused Hispanic child rapist wants deportation back to Mexico

Three small children said that he raped them, but that man may never face charges for any of it. The illegal immigrant may be incompetent to stand trial. Juan Gonzalez’s lawyer said that his client should get a get out of jail free card, so he can go live in Mexico. Gonzalez was 13 when he told investigators that he raped a little boy and a little girl. Then in 2010 the 20-year-old Mexican admitted to raping another child inside a popular Albuquerque gym. A terrified 6-year-old girl attacked inside the playroom at the Midtown Sports and Wellness. “He held hand over his mouth so she couldn't scream,” Albuquerque Police Deputy Chief Beth Paiz said when Gonzalez was arrested. ”He could hear the child say stop, stop, stop.” Gonzalez's criminal case for rape is at a standstill. “The issue of competency was raised so that basically stops the case,” District Attorney Kari Brandenburg said. Gonzalez is being sent to Las Vegas, to the state's mental hospital for criminals. Gonzalez's attorney wouldn't speak on camera but said that he's pushing for Gonzalez to be deported with the promise he won't come back. His attorney said that his family wants to take him back to Mexico. The D.A.'s office says that releasing Gonzalez could put more children at risk. “That's not a solution, shipping him back to Mexico, losing track of him and then having him cross the border at some unknown time,” said Brandenburg. Gonzalez never stood trial for the previous rape cases as a juvenile because he was deemed incompetent and released to his parents. The D.A.'s office said that if Gonzalez isn't competent, it will push for the court to criminally commit him. That would mean that he would stay in the mental facility in Las Vegas for the same amount of time that he would have served if he were convicted of the rape charge. That could be up to 18 years.