Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison

SOUTH BEND – Jose De Leon Medina, 39 years old, of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to illegal reentry of a removed alien and failure to register as a sex offender, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

De Leon Medina was sentenced to 24 months in prison.

According to documents in the case, De Leon Medina, a citizen of Mexico, was convicted of child molesting in 2019 which required him to register as a sex offender. After De Leon Medina completed his sentence of imprisonment for the crime, he was removed from the United States to Mexico. Two months later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials learned De Leon Medina had illegally reentered the United States and was living in Goshen, Indiana.  De Leon Medina had also failed to register as a sex offender.

This case was investigated by U.S, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jerome W. McKeever.