ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A farm worker has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl, according to the Gwinnett County district attorney.

The district attorney said Sergio Palomares-Guzman, 36, raped the girl at a party in June 2023. The girl was in a barn on the property when Palomares-Guzman lured her to a camper and sexually assaulted her.

Palomares-Guzman pleaded guilty to rape, aggravated child molestation, child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, false imprisonment and first-degree cruelty to children.

He was sentenced to 30 years. He will serve the first 20 years in prison and then be deported, the district attorney said.

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