Overview
- ICE, which filed a detainer on April 17, says the 43-year-old Mexican national will be transferred to federal custody after local proceedings conclude.
- Deputies were called April 11 when a juvenile was found in labor in a vehicle at Oconee Memorial Hospital, and the delivery was completed inside the hospital.
- The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office charged Luis Armando Argueta Montejo with three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and one count of incest.
- Investigators say evidence showed sexual intercourse with the victim, believed to be between 11 and 14, occurred between 2022 and 2025, and paternity testing is still pending.
- The victim and newborn are in protective custody, Montejo is held on an $80,000 bond with no public court date, and DHS says he reported first entering the U.S. in 2006 with no prior U.S. criminal record.