Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Illegal Reentry, Failure To Register

Tampa, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Victoriano Ruyan-Juarez (36), a Guatemalan national, to 18 months in federal prison for illegal reentry after deportation for a felony, and for failure to register as a sex offender, as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

Ruyan-Juarez pleaded guilty on April 27, 2017.

According to court documents, in April 2014, Ruyan-Juarez was convicted in Manatee County for traveling to entice a child to commit a sex act, as well as using a computer to do the same. Following the completion of his state sentence in February 2015, immigration officials deported him to Guatemala. He illegally reentered the United States in August 2015, settling in Florida, but he failed to register as a sex offender as required by state and federal law.

This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and the U.S. Marshals Service. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Frank Murray.