{"id":377205,"date":"2026-08-21T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377205\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T05:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:00:27","slug":"mexican-sex-offender-gets-2-5-years-for-illegal-reentry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377205\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican sex offender gets 2.5 years for illegal reentry"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A Mexican man previously convicted of sexual battery in Jacksonville has been sentenced to 2\u00bd years in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States.<\/p>\n

Miguel Solis-Morales, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jordan E. Pratt, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Middle District of Florida.<\/p>\n

Federal and state court records show Solis-Morales was convicted of sexual battery in September 2009. He was designated a sexual predator under Florida law and sentenced to five years in state prison.<\/p>\n

After completing that sentence, immigration authorities deported him to Mexico in May 2015.<\/p>\n

Authorities found Solis-Morales back in Jacksonville on Feb. 16, 2026, when the Florida Highway Patrol arrested him for violating state probation.<\/p>\n

Investigators determined that he had not received permission from U.S. immigration authorities to legally return following his deportation.<\/p>\n

Solis-Morales will be deported to Mexico after completing his federal prison sentence.<\/p>\n

The Florida Highway Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case. An assistant U.S. attorney prosecuted it.<\/p>\n

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