A sexual predator convicted in Jacksonville and later deported has been indicted on a charge of illegal reentry into the United States.
Miguel Solis-Morales, 42 of Mexico, made his initial appearance in federal court in Jacksonville on Feb. 26. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted and subsequent deportation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Court records show Solis-Morales pleaded guilty to sexual battery in 2009 and was sentenced to a year in jail and designated as a sexual predator. On May 21, 2025, he was removed from the United States by immigration authorities.
In February 2026, designated sexual predator Miguel Solis-Morales of Mexico was charged in an indictment with illegal reentry into the United States. He was convicted of sexual battery in Jacksonville in 2009 and deported in 2025.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Solis-Morales was found to be voluntarily back in the United States on Feb. 16 and was arrested. Records checks confirmed that he had not applied to U.S. immigration authorities for permission to lawfully reenter the country.
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This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Florida Highway Patrol as part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative “to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime and human trafficking,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville sex predator illegally returns to U.S. after deportation