JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Florida Times-Union reports that a sexual predator previously convicted in Jacksonville and deported has been indicted for illegal reentry into the country.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miguel Solis-Morales, 42, a Mexican national, appeared in court on Feb. 26. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, along with subsequent deportation, the office said.
Court records revealed Solis-Morales pleaded guilty to sexual battery in 2009 and received a year in jail, and was designated as a sexual predator. On May 21, 2025, he was removed from the U.S. by immigration authorities.
On Feb. 15, Solis-Morales was found to be “voluntarily” back in the country, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities confirmed via records checks that he had not applied to Immigration Services for permission to re-enter the United States.
The case was led 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,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
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