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Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Re-entry Into the United States, Failing to Register as a Sex Offender

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Guatemalan national pled guilty today in U.S. District Court in Providence to charges of failing to register as a sex offender and re-entry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Nelson Leonel Yocute Samayoa, 34, was convicted in 2014 in Rhode Island state court on a charge of second-degree sexual assault, after which he was ordered to register as a sex offender and was deported.

According to information presented to the court, after being deported, Yocute returned to the United States illegally and lived and worked in Newport for approximately nine years. Additionally, Yocute failed to comply with the obligation that he register as a sex offender, as mandated by his 2014 sentence.

Mr. Yocute has been detained since his arrest in this latest matter on May 14, 2024. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 12, 2025. The sentence imposed will be determined by a federal district judge after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. He will also face deportation proceedings for a second time.

The case is being prosecuted 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.