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Trial begins for former cop from Mexico who allegedly sexually assaulted Aurora woman

Posted at 3:22 PM, Dec 04, 2017
and last updated 2017-12-04 18:50:23-05

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – A trial has begun in Arapahoe County for a former law enforcement officer from Mexico who allegedly broke into an Aurora apartment and sexually assaulted a woman.

Officers say 25-year-old Ricardo Corral-Venegas broke into an apartment at the Santana Ridge Condominiums on South Geneva Way on Oct. 4, 2016,and sexually assaulted the female resident.

Before the alleged assault, police accuse Corral-Venegas of attempting to force his way into a different apartment at the same complex, but the woman was able to fight the suspect off.

The suspect is a former police officer wanted for numerous sexual assaults in Chihuahua, Mexico, according to an arrest affidavit. A Mexican newspaper reports that Corral-Venegas allegedly used a motorcycle and posed as a courier when he allegedly sexually attacked his victims in Mexico.

The suspect told Aurora investigators that he was a four-year veteran police officer who quit because of personality problems and indicated a possible dual personality, the affidavit read. 

Corral-Venegas told police he came to Colorado three months ago and moved in with a roommate at the Aurora complex. He denied the sexual assault accusations.

The former officer was in an Arapahoe County court Monday as his trial began.