A 29-year-old man who was arrested for a March 7 sexual assault in West Hollywood is now in federal custody facing criminal charges of being in the country illegally after being previously deported for committing a felony.

Marvin Campos, who authorities said is a citizen of El Salvador with a lengthy criminal history in the United States, is among several defendants recently arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles after being accused of committing new crimes. Campos was convicted in 2014 for assault with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to six years in California state prison and deported in October 2019, according to a federal criminal complaint. It is unclear when Campos returned to the United States.

Authorities said Campos was arrested by West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station deputies in the 8400 block of Santa Monica Boulevard on March 7 and booked for sexual assault. Sgt. Belen Lemus, with the sheriff’s department’s Special Victims Unit, confirmed Campos’ arrest but declined to provide any details about the crime in an effort to protect the victim. The case was submitted to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office but formal charges were not filed pending further investigation. Campos was released from sheriff’s department  custody on March 11, law enforcement records show. When contacted on March 25, Lemus was unaware that Campos is now in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

It was not clear when and where Campos was arrested by ICE agents, and a spokesperson for the agency declined to provide any information. According to the federal criminal complaint, Campos was flagged after his fingerprints were entered into a law enforcement database following his arrest in West Hollywood. The fingerprints of all arrestees are entered into the system. ICE uses law enforcement databases to search for people who were previously deported after committing serious crimes and have been arrested for new crimes.

It is unclear what sentence Campos will face for the current federal charges. People found to be illegally in the United States after being deported for being convicted of a previous felony face a maximum 10 year sentence, and defendants deported from the country after being convicted of an aggravated felony, such as assault, face a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.

The criminal case against Campos was investigated by ICE and Homeland Security Investigations, and is being prosecuted by assistant U.S. attorneys in the Domestic Security and Immigration Crimes Section, and General Crimes Section.