Illegal Migrant Was Convicted Of Child Molestation, Deported And Then Came Back Into US
An illegal migrant unlawfully re-entered the United States less than two years after he was convicted of child molestation and removed from the country. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents apprehended Jorge…
An illegal migrant unlawfully re-entered the United States less than two years after he was convicted of child molestation and removed from the country.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents apprehended Jorge Mario Ecute-Gonzalez, a 57-year-old Guatemalan national, on Aug. 16 after he was sentenced for unlawful re-entry to the United States, according to a press statement from the agency. Ecute previously had legal status in the U.S. before his arrest for molesting a Missouri minor and an order by a judge to leave the country.
“Jorge Mario Ecute-Gonzalez molested a minor in Missouri before attempting to unlawfully reenter the United States after removal,” Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons stated. “He poses a significant threat to children, which we cannot tolerate.”
“ERO Boston will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders from New England,” Lyons continued.
Ecute legally entered the U.S. in October 2001 in El Paso, Texas, but he was later deemed in violation of his lawful admission due to his criminal proceedings, according to ICE. The Guatemalan national was convicted of first-degree child molestation in the 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri, on Sept 6, 2017, and sentenced to five years in prison.
A Justice Department Immigration judge in Kansas City, Missouri, ordered Ecute to be deported back to his home country of Guatemala on July 7, 2020, and he was finally removed from the U.S. on Oct. 26 of that year, according to ICE.