Eduardo Mendez, 51, of Guatemala, was arrested two years ago in New York City for the 1994 rape of a 36-year-old woman in Attleboro, Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s office.

The Trump administration has enlisted the U.S. military to quickly scale up its deportation capacity, which usually relies on charter flights.

Trump launched the military deportation flights last week as part of his national emergency declaration on immigration, so far sending six planeloads of migrants on flights to Latin America.

The military deportation flight to Guatemala likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by US and Guatemalan officials.

President Donald Trump has signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security.

According to ICE, over 1,100 undocumented immigrants were arrested on Monday, as President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown continues to ramp up.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the tariff orders will be “held in reserve, and not signed."

The deportation flight was blocked from leaving the US after two Air Force C-17 flights, each carrying about 80 deportees to Guatemala, successfully took off Thursday night.

Three flights carrying migrants deported from the United States arrived in Guatemala on Friday. Once President Donald Trump took office, he issued a series of executive orders to beef up border security and slash migration.

The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump’s unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico’s assistance.

Eduardo Mendez, 51, of Guatemala, was originally charged after evidence from the case was tested for DNA in 2019.

A U.S. military plane with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles has left Texas bound for Guatemala carrying 80 deportees, eight of them children.