The Redmond child rape suspect who fled to Mexico nearly a decade ago is being extradited back to Bend to face 28 charges

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A former Redmond resident who allegedly fled to Mexico nearly a decade ago shortly before he was charged with 28 counts of rape, sexual abuse and incest has been extradited and returned to Deschutes County for seven months to face the charges following his arrest in Baja California.

Jose Maria Nonato-Pineda Sr., 59, is being held in the county jail in Bend on $5 million bail. His plea hearing was scheduled for last Friday but was delayed a week when the defense attorney requested time to speak with Nonato-Pineda using an interpreter, Assistant District Attorney Matthew Nelson said Monday.

A Sept. 15 report in Mexican publication Milenio said the country’s attorney general’s office, the FGR, had handed over the fugitive, who was arrested last February in Mexicali, Baja, California, thereby beginning the extradition process.

“In accordance with the extradition treaty signed between Mexico and the United States of America, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) has extradited to the Government of this country a fugitive of Mexican nationality wanted by the District Court of the State of Oregon, Deschutes County. for the crimes of sexual abuse and rape,” Milenio reported in a statement in which the FGR reported the extradition.

Asked about the seven-month delay in Nonato-Pineda’s return to the U.S., Nelson noted that “the extradition process takes a significant amount of time” and requires coordination between the District Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the International Affairs Office and Mexican authorities.

Last month, Nelson said, FBI agents traveled to Mexico City and transported Nonato-Pineda on a flight to Portland, where Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were waiting to take him into custody on the outstanding warrant from 2015 take him and bring him back to Bend.

The FBI said back in 2015 that the suspect flew south after learning of the investigation, which began when Nonato-Pineda’s wife told authorities that her husband had sexually abused a relative. Investigators later found two more victims and he was charged in April of that year.

Court records show Nonato-Pineda faces four counts of first-degree rape, three counts of second-degree rape and four counts of third-degree rape, as well as eight counts of first-degree sexual abuse, eight counts of incest and one count of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration.

The April 2015, 16-page, 28-count indictment cited incidents that occurred between March 2013 and February 2015. Less than a week later, Judge Beth Bagley issued a warrant for his arrest with bail set at $500,000.

Despite such a high bail of $5 million, Judge Randy Miller set release conditions for Nonato-Pineda’s arraignment last month, including being monitored with a GPS bracelet, surrendering his passports, remaining in Deschutes County and not being allowed to To have contact with the victims, any minors or frequent places where minors regularly stay.