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Mexican National Indicted For Attempted Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the return of an indictment charging Cain Matias Godinez (42, Mexico) with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, Matias Godinez faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. Matias Godinez is currently detained pending the resolution of this criminal case. 

According to the indictment and court records, in May 2025, a detective with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office posed online as a 13-year-old girl (UC). Matias Godinez communicated with the UC, and after learning the UC’s age, engaged in a sexually explicit conversation. Matias Godinez and the UC agreed to meet at a location in Marion County to engage in sexual activity. When Matias Godinez arrived at the location, he was arrested by law enforcement. 

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

This case was investigated by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Janette Swartzberg.

This is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue child victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

Updated August 1, 2025
Topic
Project Safe Childhood
Component
USAO - Florida, Middle

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