HOUSTON – A man has been arrested after a 16-year-old girl missing from Boise, Idaho for days was found in Houston on Monday.
Ruben Dario Visquerra Aguilar, 24 is charged with harboring a runaway in Harris County but he’s facing much more serious charges in Idaho for first-degree kidnapping and human sex trafficking of a child.
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He remains in custody in Houston on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold, records show. KPRC 2 has reached out to ICE for additional details.
The teen packed a bag, left a note, and ran away from home on Oct. 10, according to the Boise Police Department. Detectives learned she had been talking to someone online.
“Through their investigation, detectives gathered information showing the teen had traveled through eastern Idaho, to Utah, and eventually to Texas,” the Boise Police Department wrote in a statement.
Aguilar is accused of paying someone to drive the teenager from Boise to Houston, records show. Boise Police are still investigating who the unknown person who transported the teenager is.
According to HPD, Aguilar was arrested at a home in the 9700 block of Sutton Meadows Court on the northwest side on Monday after they found the girl at the home with him.
The girl was taken to the hospital for an evaluation. Other people were at the home, an HPD spokesperson said, but their connection to the suspect or victim is currently unclear.
The girl had hickeys on her neck and police are conducting a follow up sexual assault investigation, court records show.
Boise Police say additional federal charges are possible for Aguilar.