Jose Alvarado Alvarado/Honduras/Sex Offense

Immigration authorities arrested Honduran national Jose Alvarado Alvarado in Hastings, Minnesota, for a prior sex offense conviction, treating him as a removable criminal alien due to his sex-crime record. Sex offenses in Minnesota are generally charged under the state’s criminal sexual conduct statutes, which cover nonconsensual sexual contact or penetration and related sexual misconduct.

Minnesota law divides criminal sexual conduct into five degrees, with higher degrees involving, force, weapons, or vulnerable victims, and carrying penalties of up to decades in prison and mandatory sex-offender registration. Lower degrees can still be gross misdemeanors or felonies, bringing jail or prison time, fines, and long-term supervision.

After his arrest in Hastings, Alvarado Alvarado was transferred to federal custody for immigration proceedings based on the underlying sex offense conviction.