Eleven illegal immigrants were apprehended at the scene of the alleged crime.
A 22-year-old man from Texas has been charged in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a Minnesota girl 11 years his junior.
Oscar Ernesto Luna is facing one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
According to KSTP, police in Bemidji, Minnesota received a call from the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center's Emergency Department on September 23 alerting them that an 11-year-old had been admitted to the hospital with injuries typically sustained via sexual assault. She had numerous cuts all over her body, and said she was in pain.
The girl told investigators that she had been dragged into a car full of men by a woman described as her "auntie" and had a paper bag put over her head.
She was brought to a house, where she was subsequently tied up, pushed down the stairs, and forced by her relative to drink alcohol. She was then allegedly raped by a group of men.
The victim was eventually able to escape with the help of at least one other underage female being held in the house. She recalled one girl who was tied up and unconscious in a closet, two who were next to her when she was assaulted, and one other. The status of the other captives has not been revealed.
In a press release, the Bemidji Police Department explained that investigators were able to locate the property at 1821 America Court NW and execute a search warrant.
Luna, who fit the description given by the victim, was subsequently arrested via a warrant for a different offense committed in nearby Hennepin County. Eleven other men, all of whom were identified as illegal immigrants, were taken away by United States Border Patrol officers to be processed.
As KARE11 reports, Luna admitted that he knew the "auntie," but denied having sexually assaulted the girl.
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