Mauricio Morales-Morales/Guatemala/Sex Assault

Guatemalan national Mauricio Morales-Morales is serving a lengthy state prison sentence at the Minnesota Correctional Facility–St. Cloud after convictions tied to sexual assault of minors in Nobles County, Minnesota. Court records show he pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving force or coercion against a 17‑year‑old girl in 2023, with an upward‑departure sentence of 28 years imposed due to a prior conviction for sexually assaulting a 7‑year‑old child. Minnesota DOC records list him as offender number 270523, with an anticipated release date of July 31, 2042, confirming he remains in state custody rather than community confinement.

On June 2, 2025, corrections officials temporarily transferred Morales-Morales from St. Cloud to federal court on a writ requested by Homeland Security, after which he was returned to the prison on September 24, 2025. State documentation and local reporting note that an ICE detainer is on file but dispute federal characterizations that this courtroom movement constituted a new immigration “arrest” in Saint Cloud.