Deportation planned for cab driver in assault

Mike Sakal, Tribune

April 24, 2007 - 7:22PM

A cab driver who will be sentenced Monday for sexually assaulting a woman in the back of his car after picking her up at a Scottsdale nightclub in August is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who will be deported following prison time, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials said Tuesday.

Lori Haley, ICE spokeswoman, told The Tribune Tuesday that a hold was placed on Hector Daniel Cebrero, a former cab driver at Phoenix-based Aguilas Radio Cab.

“According to our records, he is in the country illegally and will be deported after serving prison time,” she said.

Cebrero, 27, pled guilty to one count of sexual assault and two counts of attempted sexual assault Feb. 8 in Maricopa County Superior Court, the same day ICE placed the hold on him, according to Haley and information from the court.

Nidia Koren, owner of Aguilas Radio Cab, would not comment about Cebrero’s immigration status and said she never met him.

According to a plea agreement, Cebrero will serve five to nine years in prison on the sexual assault count and receive lifetime probation on the two counts of attempted sexual assault, according to Barnett Lotstein, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office spokesman.

Cebrero also will be registered as a sexual predator upon his release.

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Pat

Its idiots like this illegal immigrant and his employer that really bother me-If the background check was properly done, this guy should have never obtained a job in this company. Lets see how the company owner talks her way out of hiring an illegal immigrant.
How did this guy obtain a driver's license? Its scary to think illegal immigrants are sharing the road with average citizens here and obtaining driver's licenses. Finally, even if he is deported and is a registered sex offender, will he return to this country under a different name and terrorize people here again? I hope not-May he is flown to the deepest southern part of Mexico and left to rot. If he does return, may he be punished as harshly as the law allows-make an example of this guy. Comment has been reviewed

April 24, 2007

Maria

Ok yes this man is here illegally. I blame employers for hiring them. These non-American citizens come in droves from all over the world when companies here in our good old country hire them. So nip it in the bud and go after the company.
Don't forget that this is a rape, by a man. Are we to bash men now? I think not...just food for thought. Suggest removal of this comment

April 24, 2007

Michelle

Deporting him only ensures he'll be right back here in a matter of days. I hope the company faces some kind of legal action for hiring an illegal who raped a client...... Suggest removal of this comment

April 24, 2007

One

Sorry Michelle, should we let him stay here after he serves his prison time? Unless he had a prior record that the cab company was aware of, how would they predict the future? I guess you should be psychic if you hire anyone. Suggest removal of this comment

April 24, 2007

JENNIFE

I AGRRE WITH YOU MICHELLE BECAUSE HE WILL COME BACK HERE IN A MATTER OF DAYS SOME TIME IT MIGHT BE ONE DAY..AND ONE IF YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT SHE WAS SAYING ,YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER WROTE THAT COMMENT..I HAD WORKED FOR A COMPANY THAT HIRED SOME ILLEGAL AILENS AND THEY WERE DEPORTED AND THEY WERE BACK HERE THE DAY AFTER .HE NEEDS TO BE DEPORTED AND IF EVER COMES BACK HERE SOMEONE NEEDS TO KICK HIS A**...AND THEY DO NEED TO GO AFTER THE COMPANY ,BUT OOPS THE LADY THAT OWNS THE CAB COMPANY SAID THAT SHE NEVER MET HIM ..HOW CAN THAT BE...GIVE ME A BREAK.......DEPORT HIS A** BACK TO MEXICO...THEY ARE DOING TOO MUCH IN THE UNITED STATES..IF YOU COME HERE TO WORK THEN WORK ,NOT GOING OUT RAPING SOMEONE.. Suggest removal of this comment

April 25, 2007

Todd Stallion

In Mexico, an Unpunished Crime: Rape Victims Face Widespread Cultural Bias in Pursuit of Justice

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A2420-2002Jun29¬Found=true

"Mexico is struggling to modernize its justice system, but when it comes to punishing sexual violence against women, surprisingly little has changed in a century. In many parts of Mexico, the penalty for stealing a cow is harsher than the punishment for rape. "

"But in the country that made the term "machismo" famous, where women were given the right to vote only in 1953, women's rights advocates said rape and other violence against women are still not treated as serious crimes. And they said police, prosecutors and judges often show indifference or hostility toward women who claim rape "

"In 90 percent of the cases of rape, the Mexican police blame the women," she said in an interview. "In the few cases where they know the man is guilty, they let him 'fix' it with money."

"Rape in Mexico is prosecuted at the state level, and state laws vary. A review of criminal laws in all 31 Mexican states showed that many states require that if a 12-year-old girl wants to accuse an adult man of statutory rape, she must first prove she is "chaste and pure." Nineteen of the states require that statutory rape charges be dropped if the rapist agrees to marry his victim. "

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April 25, 2007

Todd Stallion

All you Americans just need a good dose of diversity training so you can understand the Mexican Rape Value system.

Shame on all you racists! Suggest removal of this comment

April 25, 2007

Larry

I hope the rape victim sues the cab company, then just maybe they will be more careful in who they hire. Is there anybody out there STUPID enough to believe that the cab company didn't know he was an illegal? I hope this and all companies that hire illegals gets what they deserve and that's to be shut down! Suggest removal of this comment

April 25, 2007

jack

ALL YOU AMERICANS?
MEXICAN RAPE VALUE SYSTEM?
Were is the value in rapeing anyone....are you a rapist and looking to justify your actions. Point is... if that PERSON wasn't here this wouldn't have happened to her you IDIOT. He was illegal, supporting my country from illegall immigrations......I guess Im am a racist then and your person that doen't see the damage it illegal immigration does to this country...remember Spet. 11, 2001? All you Americans? Are you not american or are you just here sucking the teet of a great county then turing you back on it? Suggest removal of this comment