Guatemalan National Sentenced for Illegal Re-entry into the United States, Failing to Register as a Sex Offender

PROVIDENCE, RI –  A Guatemalan national convicted and sentenced in Rhode Island state court in 2014 for second degree sexual assault and subsequently deported, was sentenced today in federal court for reentering the United States illegally and for failing to register as a sex offender, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Court records reflect that after being deported in May 2014, Nelson Leonel Yocute Samayoa, 34, a/k/a Marvin Gomez, reentered the United States illegally, and lived and worked in Newport for approximately nine years. He failed to comply with the obligation that he register as a sex offender, as mandated by his 2014 sentence.

Yocute, detained in federal custody since June 23, 2025, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy to time served and five years of supervised release. He continues to be held in federal custody while awaiting deportation proceedings.

The case was prosecuted in U.S. District Court by Assistant United States Attorney Denise M. Barton.

The matter was investigated by the Newport Police Department, with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations and the United States Marshals Service.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America 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).

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