( CNN ) -- Mexican pop singer Kalimba was deported from the United States to Mexico after U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested him for an immigration violation , state media reported . He was arrested in El Paso , Texas , Thursday afternoon , U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Ramiro Cordero said . On Wednesday , a judge in the state of Quintana Roo issued an arrest warrant for the singer , whose full name is Kalimba Kadjhali Marichal Ibar , according to the state-run Notimex news agency . Prosecutors allege that he raped a teen there in December . In an interview with CNN affiliate Televisa earlier this month , Kalimba denied the accusations and said he had not attacked anyone . `` There are many details that are very easy to criticize , judge or imagine , '' he said , but he urged the public to use logic when considering the case , which has received extensive coverage in Mexican media . A Mexican Attorney General 's Office spokesman told Notimex on Thursday that the singer would be transported soon to Quintana Roo . Wednesday 's arrest warrant was issued a month after a 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a hotel there , Notimex reported . In the Televisa interview , Kalimba declined to answer a question about whether he had sexual relations with the teen 's consent . `` That I must testify before the prosecution and not on television , '' he said . The teen 's uncle has asked a state human rights commission to help protect the family , which he said has been demonized since reporting the rape allegations to authorities , according to Notimex . The 28-year-old singer is a former member of the group OV7 . CNN en Español 's Mexico bureau contributed to this report .
NEW : In an interview with CNN affiliate Televisa , the singer denies the rape accusation . The U.S. Border Patrol says Mexican singer Kalimba was arrested in El Paso , Texas . He is accused of raping a teen in a hotel in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo . A judge there issued a warrant for his arrest on Wednesday .