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Man arrested in Aurora rape case is former Mexico police officer

A man arrested on allegations he raped one woman at an Aurora apartment complex and then returned to the same complex to try to force his way into another apartment worked as a police officer in Mexico, where he is accused of numerous sexual assaults, police records state.

Ricardo Corral Venegas, 25, is a former police officer in Chihuahua, Mexico, where news reports have said he allegedly used a red motorcycle and pretended to be a courier when sexually attacking women, according to Aurora police.

He was arrested Thursday after trying to force his way into an apartment at the Santana Ridge complex in the 1300 block of South Geneva Way while wielding a knife, according to an Aurora police report.

Click here for more from The Denver Post

Ricardo Corral Venegas, 25. Photo courtesy Aurora Police Department.

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