A Costa Rican citizen identified as Norman Medina, accused of sexually abusing a child, was arrested Friday at his home in the U.S. town of East Hampton, New York, according to a statement released yesterday by the international police agency Interpol.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, together with Costa Rican Interpol officials, located Medina, a former police officer, after a judge in the Pacific port of Puntarenas issued an international warrant for his arrest in October 2006.

Investigations revealed he entered the United States legally in December 2006 with a temporary tourist visa, the statement said. Medina faces deportation to Costa Rica.