CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A 25-year-old resident under indictment for sexually assaulting a minor is now facing an additional charge for spitting in the face of a Homeland Security Investigations agent.

Gustavo Quintero was in custody at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail when federal agents from HSI, ICE and other agencies came to the facility to serve him with a federal arrest warrant on Jan. 15.

According to the complaint filed against Quintero in the Western District of Virginia, he threatened to spit on the agents, then – when they attempted to place a spit hood over his head – “Quintero spit directly at a nearby agent’s face, hitting the right side of his face.”

“Let this be clear: this office will seek swift, clear, and certain accountability against anyone who makes the mistake of committing assault and battery on a federal law enforcement officer in the Western District,” Acting United States Attorney Robert N. Tracci said in a statement released Wednesday.

The case is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Albemarle County Police Department, according to the release.

In December, Quintero was indicted on two counts of coercion and enticement of a minor, one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, and one count of possession of child sexual abuse material.

According to the Department of Justice, Quintero and another man, Bryan Sixto Arias-Chicas, a 23-year-old El Salvadorian with a revoked green card who was on probation, got a 16-year-old Albemarle County girl intoxicated on May 7, and then repeatedly sexually assaulted her. According to the complaint, Quintero and Arias-Chicas bought the girl alcohol, including Mike’s Harder Mango Lemonade and Four Loko, causing her to become so intoxicated they were later seen carrying her.

After assaulting her multiple times over the night, they dropped her at an Albemarle County apartment complex.

“Law enforcement found MV1 wrapped in a brown blanket, staggering down the sidewalk on Commonwealth Avenue, visibly upset, and wearing clothes that she later said did not belong to her,” according to a release from the DOJ.

A cell phone belonging to Arias-Chicas was later recovered by police, containing evidence related to the assault.