STATUTORY RAPIST PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL REENTRY

OXFORD – A Mexican national, unlawfully in the United States, pled guilty in front of United States District Court Judge Michael P. Mills to illegally reentering the United States after having been deported on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Sentencing will be held at a later date.

According to court documents, Antonio Quintana-Rodriguez, 29, had been removed from the United States by immigration authorities in 2013. He then reentered the United States and was found by law enforcement following his arrest for a statutory rape which was committed in Oxford, Mississippi. He pled guilty in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County to Statutory Rape in May of 2025.

“Those who illegally enter this country and prey on children must be held accountable for their violation of our laws. We commend the work by the Oxford Police Department in their investigation of a sex offense against a child and we commend their working with the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that this defendant will answer for every violation of law he has committed.” United States Attorney Clay Joyner said. “Additional praise is due to Third Circuit District Attorney Ben Creekmore’s Office for their quick work in securing a guilty plea to the statutory rape offense.”

U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner of the Northern District of Mississippi and Homeland Security ASAC, Matt Reidell made the announcement.

The Department of Homeland Security and the Oxford Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Herzog Jr. is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/​1393746/dl?inline) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).