A jury found Adalberto Rodriguez guilty in absentia in August 2023, and he faces a minimum of 50 years in prison, according to KVOA. The outlet reported that the charges included sexual conduct with a minor under 15, indecent exposure of a minor under 15 and continual sexual abuse. The case involved a family member who was younger than 12, KVOA reported.
Return to Pima County
Rodriguez, 45, was detained in Tequilia, Jalisco, Mexico, on Tuesday and deported to Arizona, where he was booked into the Pima County Jail, according to 13 News. He is being held there pending sentencing, KVOA reported.
The warrant dates to April 2017, when Rodriguez failed to appear at a hearing about the conditions of his release, according to KOLD. The outlet reported that he had left before the case went to trial.
Sentencing context
Arizona law sets sentencing rules for certain convictions involving dangerous crimes against children and defines sexual conduct with a minor. The statutes do not, on their own, determine Rodriguez’s eventual sentence; see the dangerous-crimes-against-children statute and the statute defining sexual conduct with a minor.
