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Press Release

El Salvadoran Man Pleads Guilty To Illegal Reentry

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia

NORFOLK, Va. – An El Salvadoran national pleaded guilty today to illegal reentry after sustaining a felony conviction for aggravated sexual battery of a child less than 13 years old.

According to court documents, Ubaldo Adonay Moran-Arevalo, 37, was determined to be in the United States illegally in 2004 and ordered removed in 2005. He remained in the United States, and in 2008, he was arrested in Virginia Beach for sexually assaulting a child. After being convicted and sentenced, he was removed from the United States, but returned sometime later. Moran-Arevalo came to ICE’s attention several months ago after he was arrested in Virginia Beach for a DWI. He has since been convicted of that charge.

Moran-Arevalo faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison when sentenced on August 20. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Jeffrey M. Jacoff, Acting Field Office Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C., made the announcement after U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas E. Miller accepted the plea. Assistant U.S. Attorney William B. Jackson is prosecuting the case.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 2:18-cr-165.

Contact

Joshua Stueve
Director of Communications
joshua.stueve@usdoj.gov

Updated March 29, 2019

Topic
Immigration