Federal immigration authorities are seeking custody of rideshare driver who was arrested for allegedly sodomizing a female passenger at gunpoint in Kentucky.
The horrifying attack unfolded in Louisville on Feb. 4, but details about the case just came to light.
A local medical office requested a patient be picked up at her home by a Lyft driver, according to arrest documents reviewed by WDRB.
The vehicle arrived, but when the woman got into the vehicle, the driver reportedly opened his glove box to show her a firearm inside and then drove her to a church parking lot.
“He got into the back seat with a gun and forced her to perform a sex act and she could not get away,” stated the victim’s attorney, Sara Collins.
The suspect then dropped the woman off at the medical office, where she ran in screaming for assistance.
The next day, police arrested 34-year-old Yordan Diaz Vera in a Kroger parking lot.
Diaz Vera was charged with first-degree sodomy, kidnapping, and menacing, and ordered held on $100,000 cash bond.
Additionally, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer against Diaz Vera, indicating he may be in the U.S. illegally.
“He’s originally from Cuba, he’s here on a work permit,” Collins said.
7. Jefferson County, KY: Man on detainer arrested for passenger’s rape https://t.co/NiGzlUXJdk
— Illegal Alien Crimes (@ImmigrantCrimes) February 22, 2026
We have reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for more information on this case.
ICE recently executed Operation Lyft Off, a targeted campaign to arrest illegal aliens driving for rideshare companies in the state of Florida.
EXCLUSIVE: ICE Nails Illegal Alien Rideshare Drivers in Florida During ‘Operation Lyft Off’
Federal authorities are targeting illegal aliens who drive for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft in the state of Florida.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) has been… pic.twitter.com/OqRNmwDHTV
— Border Hawk (@BorderHawkNews) February 18, 2026
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