ICE captures violent illegal alien accused of raping a Virginia minor and producing child pornography

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that it captured a 21-year-old illegal alien from Honduras charged with raping a Virginia minor and producing child pornography. While U.S. Border Patrol initially caught him in January 2020, he was released into a children's facility in New York, then later set loose on Virginia. It appears that in the meantime, at least one life was destroyed.

Deportation officers from the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C., team caught up with the criminal noncitizen on Dec. 4 in Springfield, Virginia. During the arrest, the alleged pedophile viciously attacked a deportation officer.

Despite having an accused pedophile prowling its streets for months, Deputy Field Office Director Erik Weiss indicated that "Fairfax County refused to honor the ICE detainer lodged against this Honduran noncitizen."

Fairfax County boasts on its website that it "does not and will not enforce civil federal immigration laws." The county also provides guidance to foreign nationals hoping to continue flouting the laws of the land, including tips on what to do if "immigration or the police come to your door."

"When ICE detainers are ignored by local authorities, the public is put at risk; unfortunately, this time the result was the unnecessary injury of a federal law enforcement officer while prosecuting the arrest of a noncitizen charged with sexually abusing a Virginia minor and producing child sexual abuse material," Weiss added.

ICE noted that the alleged child rapist had stolen into the country on an unknown date "without being inspected, admitted or paroled by an immigration official." While he was off the radar like millions of other gotaways, USBP managed to nab him in January 2020 near Clint, Texas.

Although a military-age foreign national, the alleged rapist was treated by border officials as an unaccompanied juvenile. He was provided with a notice to appear before a Biden Department of Justice immigration judge and charged with being in the U.S. without admission or parole.

After receiving his notice and charges, the alleged child rapist was set loose in Kingston, New York, under the supposed custody of the Office of Refugee and Resettlement — at the Children's Home of Kingston. One month later, USBP released him into the custody of his supposed father in Alexandria, Virginia.

In July 2023, the alleged child rapist was arrested and charged with carnal knowledge of a child between the ages of 13 an 14 without force, possession of child porn, and producing child sexual abuse material.

ICE noted that its Pacific Enforcement Response Center lodged an immigration detainer against the alleged pedophile with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on the day of his arrest. However, the detention center "did not honor the immigration detainer and released the Honduran noncitizen from custody without notifying ERO Washington, D.C."

Without the help of Fairfax County, ERO Washington's Mobile Criminal Apprehensions Team raided the alleged child rapist's residence on Jan. 4, according to ICE.

During the arrest, the illegal alien reportedly punched an officer. Extra to the child rape and child pornography charges, it appears the illegal alien will also be prosecuted for the assault.

This suspect's story is eerily similar to that of another Honduran rapist who recently got picked up by ICE.

In October, ICE revealed it had arrested a Honduran in Herndon, Virginia, who had been charged with felony rape by force, threat, or intimidation; abduction by force; and assault on a family member. USBP initially arrested him near Roma, Texas, in June 2021, and issued him a notice to appear before an immigration judge.

The antagonist in this second case was arrested by the Herndon Police Department in Virginia on July 20, 2023, and charged for rape and other crimes. Again, ERO Washington, D.C., issued an immigration detainer, and again the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center cut the foreign rape suspect loose.

Finally, on Oct. 12, ERO officers caught up with him, then kept him under lock and key.

On Oct. 30, ICE was able to send another alleged rapist from Honduras back to his home country before he could reoffend on American soil. Wilian Emilson Castro Bustillo, 34, illegally entered the country near Eagle Pass, Texas, on June 11.

ERO San Antonio took custody of him days later and learned he was wanted for aggravated sexual assault. An immigration judge ordered his removal from the U.S. on Sept. 1.

Blaze News previously reported that only a small percentage of illegal aliens were deported last year — roughly 4.4% of the over 2 million migrants encountered at the border. Of the deportees, 49% had criminal histories with an average of 3.8 convictions per criminal. 3,809 of the criminal convictions catalogued were for rape; 1,457 were for homicide; 1,450 were for kidnappings; 26,714 were for assault; and 2,760 were for robbery.

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