A transgender illegal alien – who was previously released by a sanctuary city - has pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old boy, but won’t spend any additional time in prison after he is sentenced to “time served” on April 27.
Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a biological male and illegal alien from Colombia, pleaded guilty to second-degree rape in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday in exchange for a sentence of the six months he has already served in prison.
Before the plea deal, Contreras-Suarez was facing charges for first-degree rape of a child less than 17 and stalking, according to a July 2025 news release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
On February 11 of last year, Suarez followed a 14-year-old into the bathroom of a Harlem bodega, where he raped the minor. He was caught on camera leaving the bodega and was arrested the next day. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a detainer request to Manhattan Central Booking on February 13, in hopes taking custody of Suarez for deportation.
New York City, where Suarez is being detained, is an illegal alien “sanctuary,” however, meaning it has a policy of denying ICE detainer requests and refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Suarez has been imprisoned at Rikers Island (part of New York City) since legal proceedings began in July 2025.
He was previously arrested in Massachusetts on robbery, weapons and prostitution charges, but was released due to local sanctuary city policies, according to (DHS) officials.
In March of 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) arrested Suarez for illegally entering the United States at San Ysidro, California, but he was later released.
Suarez’s freedom might be short-lived once the judge approves his plea deal on April 27, however.
“We expect the defendant to remain detained and be deported following sentencing, due to the felony conviction,” a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in a statement, suggesting potential cooperation with ICE, in Suarez’s case.
