Fugitive charged with child rape back in US after capture in El Salvador

WARMINSTER, Pa. (WPVI) -- A man accused of sexually assaulting three little girls in Bucks County is back in the United States following his capture in El Salvador.

Noel Angel Yanes, 45, of Warminster, fled the country after charges were filed in February 2024.

Yanes was captured in El Salvador back in January and extradited by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday night.

Investigators say Yanes raped a girl starting when she was just five years old, until she was 11.

He's also accused of sexually assaulting a girl as young as four and another victim who was eight.

Yanes is charged with seven counts each of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, unlawful contact with a minor and indecent assault.

He is also charged with an additional two counts each of unlawful contact with a minor and indecent assault, and three counts of corruption of minors.

Yanes is behind bars on 10% of $500,000 bail.