ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM GUATEMALA AND PRIOR CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY RETURNING TO U.S. AND FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

DETROIT -Joel Martin Mendez, 33, a Guatemalan illegal alien, pleaded guilty today to illegally re-entering the United States and failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. announced.

Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Acting Chief Patrol Agent Javier Geronimo, Jr., U.S. Border Patrol.

According to court records, sometime prior to 2023, Martin Mendez unlawfully entered the United States. While here illegally, Martin Mendez communicated via texts and phone calls with who he thought was a 15-year-old female-but was an undercover agent. Martin Mendez re...