Last update: August 22, 2008 - 11:05 PM

Jose Perez Rodriguez, 18, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct and will be sentenced Oct. 10 by District Judge Salvador Rosas. Jose Portillo, 28, and Yancarlos Avile, 26, pleaded guilty to the same charge last week. They will be sentenced Sept. 19 by Rosas.

Each is expected to be sentenced to a year in the workhouse and then be deported. They are all illegal immigrants, officials said.

According to a criminal complaint, the 21-year-old victim met the men at a friend's apartment in the 300 block of Hoyt Avenue. Portillo offered her a ride home to Minneapolis but said he needed to stop at his nearby apartment to get his keys.

All three defendants went into a second-floor apartment. The victim was pulled into the bathroom and the men took turns raping her, the complaint said.

PAT PHEIFER

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul ... c:_Yyc:aUU