Illegal immigrant charged with child sexual abuse in Oregon and Washington

According to the Department of Justice, Leonias Juber Ramos-Garcia, 25, a Guatemalan national unlawfully residing in Culver, Oregon, has been charged by criminal complaint with coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

Court documents revealed that in 2024, Ramos-Garcia met the minor at a business in Jefferson County, Oregon. In February 2025, undeterred by the minor’s age, Ramos-Garcia gave the minor a note that contained cash and professed his affection for the minor.

"In March 2025, Ramos-Garcia is alleged to have engaged in sexually explicit communication with the minor and, despite the victim’s reluctance, Ramos-Garcia persuaded the minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct at a hotel in Central Oregon,” the DOJ stated a press release.

"In April 2025, Ramos-Garcia traveled from Oregon to Washington and took the victim to a second hotel where he again sexually abused the minor," the release added.

Ramos-Garcia was taken into custody on Tuesday in Culver, Oregon, and appeared before a US Magistrate Judge in federal court on Wednesday. He has been ordered to remain in custody while the case moves forward.

The investigation was led by Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, with support from the Drug Enforcement Administration, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, and the Madras Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney William M. McLaren is handling the prosecution for the District of Oregon.

In June, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had the lowest number of nationwide encounters in CBP history at 25,243. The figure is 12 percent lower than the previous record set by President Trump in February 2025, and 89 percent lower than the monthly average for years 2021 to 2024.