Chinese-fluent US embassy worker in Mexico ‘drugged, sexually assaulted 24 women’
- US prosecutors described Brian Jeffrey Raymond, a fluent Spanish and Mandarin speaker, as an ‘experienced sexual predator’
- Mexico said Raymond was the first secretary of the United States, a mid-level diplomatic post
A former US embassy worker in Mexico was believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted as many as two dozen women, filming many of them while they were unconscious, according to federal prosecutors who described him as an “experienced sexual predator”.
Brian Jeffrey Raymond was arrested earlier this month in San Diego, where he had moved after leaving his job in June. He has been charged in one case involving an alleged assault on May 31 and prosecutors say they anticipate more charges involving 23 other women.
The FBI started investigating after Mexican police responding to a call May 31 found a woman naked and screaming from the balcony of an embassy-leased flat in Mexico City.
Investigators found more than 400 photos and videos on Raymond’s iCloud account in which he appears to be filming unconscious women, according to court documents.
Prosecutors say they now have evidence for charges involving 23 other alleged victims.