Raul Guadalupe Ocon-Marin, Illegally Reentering U.S., Missouri 2013

A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for illegally reentering the United States after being deported to Mexico.

Raul Guadalupe Ocon-Marin, 32, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan to two years and six months in federal prison without parole.

Ocon-Marin was born in Mexico and was admitted into the United States as a lawful permanent resident as the child of a U.S. citizen.

According to court documents, Ocon-Marin was convicted in Iowa in 2004 of sexual abuse for having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl, resulting in her becoming pregnant and miscarriage.

His legal status was revoked and he was deported to Mexico on February 16, 2005.

The Buchanan County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department was provided with information that Ocon-Marin was illegally residing in St. Joseph.

On January 13, 2013, deputies arrested Ocon-Marin for failing to register as a sex offender. Ocon-Marin was convicted on February 14, 2013, in Buchanan County Circuit Court.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Roseann A. Ketchmark. It was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Ocon-Marin’s crime was classified as a felony, and he was sentenced to serve 30 months in federal prison without parole.

The federal prison sentence is the result of Ocon-Marin’s failure to comply with the terms of his deportation and his status as a registered sex offender.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/st-joseph-sex-offender-sentenced-illegally-reentering-us