Ecuadorian national arrested on child molestation charges pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom announced that an Ecuadorian national has pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal re-entry and also faces state child molestation charges.

Manuel Yochuzga-Yopangue, a/k/a Manuel Yupangui, 34, pleaded guilty in Rhode Island federal court to the illegal re-entry charge.

He was deported from the United States in 2008, and was arrested in Rhode Island in May on state child molestation charges.

He was identified by ICE through an automated biometric fingerprint match, according to the statement from Bloom’s office.

Yochuzga-Yopangue will be sentenced on October 28.