Daniel Davon-Bonilla is a Nicaraguan migrant who has been in the country since December 2022. He made his way to New York City where in a matter of months he was accused of raping a trans woman at a migrant shelter.
That really should have been the end of it for Davon-Bonilla. He should have gone to prison for a long time and then been deported. Instead, the victim refused to testify and Davon-Bonilla wound up being released as part of a plea deal for a lesser charge. A couple days after not showing up for his sentencing he (allegedly) raped another woman in Coney Island.
When I wrote about this case a couple weeks ago it wasn’t entirely clear how all this had happened but I had a guess:
Once he agreed to a plea deal, he should have been on a plane or bus back to Nicaragua. Why didn’t that happen? Probably because New York City refused to cooperate with ICE and ensured this guy would…
