Convicted rapist Francisco Carranza-Ramirez, 35, is being sought by authorities in Washington state after he allegedly attacked and beat up the woman he sexually assaulted last year

Authorities in Washington state are hunting for a man who last weekend allegedly assaulted the same wheelchair-bound woman he was convicted of raping in September, just three days after his release from jail.

Officials with King County Sheriff's Office believe 35-year-old Francisco Carranza-Ramirez has fled to his native Mexico to avoid prosecution for this latest attack.

Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Ryan Abbott posted an update on Thursday on the case along with a photo of Carranza-Ramirez, which shows the suspect with short hair and a clean-shaven face.

A photo of him released earlier this week showed him with long black hair, a beard and mustache.

Abbott says his warrants for arrest on charges including assault, harassment and intimidating a witness will remain active.

Carranza-Ramirez entered an Alford plea to a rape charge in February, admitting a jury would likely find him guilty. He was released from jail last Thursday and ordered to return to Mexico.

According to officials, three days later, on Sunday, Carranza-Ramirez accosted the 32-year-old victim outside her apartment building in White Center, and proceeded to strangle and beat her in front of her toddler son.

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Carranza-Ramirez's victim, who is partially paralyzed and uses a wheelchair (pictured with her back to the camera), said she thought the man was going to kill her when he attacked her in front of her young son last Sunday

The victim, her son and service dog were all moved to a safe location after she was released from the hospital.

Carranza-Ramirez emigrated from Mexico to the US when he was 21 years old, reported Q13 Fox. Records do not mention his current immigration status.

In September 26, 2018, Carranza-Ramirez followed the partially paralyzed woman and her two-year-old son from the lobby of their building into their apartment uninvited, and raped the wheelchair-bound mother in her bedroom.

The woman later told police she did not not try to fight the man off because of her physical disability, and did not scream for help during the assault because she feared for her child's safety, according to The Seattle Times.

At some point during the rape, the victim was able to turn on her cellphone, dialed 911 and kept the line open so the dispatcher could hear her telling her rapist 'stop.'

Deputies responded to the scene and caught Carranza-Ramirez in the act.

During his arraignment in February, Carranza-Ramirez entered the Alford plea to a charge of third-degree rape.

This newly released photo of Carranza-Ramirez shows the suspect with short hair and a clean-shaven face

In her impact statement, the victim questioned why her attacker was not charged with a more serious crime and asked the judge to impose the harshest sentence possible on him.

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said Carranza-Ramirez was charged with third-degree rape based on the available evidence, not to give him an incentive to take a plea deal.

The judge sentenced the convicted rapist to 12 months in jail on June 13, but he was released the same day after receiving credit for the nearly nine months he had already served.

Prosecutors requested that the judge impose an additional 12 months of community supervision on Carranza-Ramirez, but his defense lawyer successfully argued against it, saying that his being homeless would make it difficult for him to comply with the supervision conditions, and suggested that he could return to Mexico instead.

The judge agreed and ordered the 35-year-old rapist to board a flight in California on Monday. From there, he was supposed to cross the US border into Mexico by land, and never return.

However, on Saturday, just two days after regaining his freedom, Carranza-Ramirez violated a protection order requiring him to stay 1,000 feet away from his victim by showing up outside her apartment in White Center.

The 32-year-old woman called 911 to report his presence, but by the time deputies responded to the scene, Carranza-Ramirez had fled.

The next day, the woman and her son were walking her dog outside their home at around 9pm when authorities say Carranza-Ramirez ambushed the victim, pushed her out of her wheelchair and began strangling and beating her.

The assault was interrupted by a passerby who scared off the attacker.

The victim suffered cuts and bruises, a seizure and concussion in the beating.

‘I thought he was going to kill me,’ she told CBS17. ‘The way he had my throat, I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t talk.’

US Marshals are helping sheriff’s detectives and working with Mexican authorities to track down and arrest Carranza-Ramirez.