Illegal immigrant with California driver's license accused of running over grandmother in deadly Virginia carjacking



An illegal immigrant from El Salvador is accused of running over and killing a grandmother with her own vehicle during a deadly carjacking Sunday at a 7-Eleven in Sterling, Virginia.

The male carjacked the vehicle owned by 54-year-old Melody Waldecker of Silver Spring, Maryland, around 11:39 a.m.

'This is another reminder of why it is essential that localities collaborate with our federal counterparts charged with enforcing U.S. immigration laws.'

Witnesses said Waldecker was ejected from her Kia during the carjacking, WUSA-TV reported, citing scanner audio.

With that, the suspect struck Waldecker with her own vehicle and took off, the Loudon County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. The grandmother was pronounced dead at the crime scene.

Waldecker's son told WUSA she was on her way home from visiting her mother at a nursing home when she made a stop at the convenience store.

WUSA reporter Matthew Torres posted video on X from a local resident showing the alleged stolen vehicle screeching and speeding down a residential street.

Law enforcement took the suspect — identified as 21-year-old Jose Aguilar-Martinez — into custody at 12:17 p.m.

The suspect was transported to a hospital after "appearing to have an unrelated medical condition." He was then taken to the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center in Leesburg.

Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin reported that Aguilar-Martinez has been charged with felony carjacking. Melugin added that more charges are expected, and the suspect is being held without bail.

On Wednesday, the Loudon County Sheriff's Office confirmed in a news release that Aguilar-Martinez is an illegal immigrant.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official told Fox News that Aguilar-Martinez entered the U.S. as a "gotaway" at an unknown date and location.

ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations has placed a detainer request for him to be handed over to immigration authorities upon his release from local custody.

The El Salvadorian illegal alien did not have a fixed address but did have a California driver's license, according to the Loudon County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff Mike Chapman from Loudoun County stated, "This is a horrific tragedy, and we mourn the death of Melody Waldecker as the result of the heinous actions by a suspect in our nation illegally. This is another reminder of why it is essential that localities collaborate with our federal counterparts charged with enforcing U.S. immigration laws."

The Loudon County Sheriff's Office noted that it cooperates with the Homeland Security Investigations and ICE "as a matter of practice."

The sheriff's office stated that ICE had issued 479 detainers for non-citizens arrested in Loudoun County for other offenses in the fiscal years of 2023 and 2024.

This is the second deadly carjacking in Virginia in two weeks. On July 20, 37-year-old Jose Vasquez Galvan was killed in Dumfries after a suspect carjacked his Lexus and ran him over during the escape.

Too close for comfort

Blaze News on Tuesday reported about a Honduran national with multiple immigration detainers against him and at least one assault and battery conviction to his name who allegedly beat a man to death in Fairfax County, Virginia, earlier this month.

Thing is, ICE reportedly filed multiple immigration detainers against the suspect with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center — but ICE said the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office refused to honor the detainers, WJLA-TV reported.

Chapman commented in regard to this case that "we need to make sure that we're not keeping these people in our community that can do further harm. It makes no sense to me to allow these people to stay in the area and then commit another crime if we know for a fact that they're violent and that they're here illegally."

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Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua given 'green light' to shoot police officers: Reports



The violent Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua has given its members a "green light" to attack and shoot police officers, according to multiple reports.

The gang reportedly has notified members that it's open season on law enforcement officers in the United States, the New York Post reported, citing a government memo the paper said it obtained.

'Today’s designation of Tren de Aragua as a significant Transnational Criminal Organization underscores the escalating threat it poses to American communities.'

The alleged memo from the Homeland Security Investigations office in Chicago advises staffers to be “vigilant” as they come across gang members or affiliates of the gang.

“Credible human sources from Colorado provided information on TdA [Tren de Aragua] giving a ‘green light’ to fire on or attack law enforcement,” read the alleged memo.

The memo reportedly added, “As you may know, we have a TdA presence here in Chicago, so please be vigilant as you encounter TdA members or affiliates during your investigative and operational activities."

The Post added that the intel from Colorado came through the Albuquerque Police Department in New Mexico.

The alert regarding the dangerous Tren de Aragua directive also was noted in a bulletin from the Colorado Information Analysis Center, Fox News reported. The cable network added that Albuquerque police had received the concerning information from "federal partners."

"The Albuquerque New Mexico Police Department (APD) has released this officer safety bulletin to notify law enforcement of information regarding the Tren De Aragua criminal organization and reports that TDA members in Denver have been given a 'green light' to fire on or attack law enforcement," the alleged bulletin read.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Tren de Aragua for "engaging in diverse criminal activities, such as human smuggling and trafficking, gender-based violence, money laundering, and illicit drug trafficking."

Brian Nelson, under secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, stated on July 11 that “today’s designation of Tren de Aragua as a significant Transnational Criminal Organization underscores the escalating threat it poses to American communities.”

Nelson vowed to "deploy all tools and authorities against organizations like Tren de Aragua that prey on vulnerable populations to generate revenue, engage in a range of criminal activities across borders, and abuse the U.S. financial system."

On the same day, the U.S. State Department offered up to a $12 million reward for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of the gang’s leaders.

Specifically the State Department offered rewards ranging from $3 million to $5 million for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Tren de Aragua leaders Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero, also known as ”Niño Guerrero,” Yohan Jose Romero, a.k.a. “Johan Petrica,” and Giovanny San Vicente, a.k.a. “Giovanny,” “Viejo Viejo,” and “El Viejo.”

Members of Tren de Aragua have infiltrated the U.S. by crossing the southern border illegally and asking for asylum.

As Blaze News previously reported, two illegal immigrants tied to Tren de Aragua were accused of attacking two NYPD officers in January.

A report released last month found that more than 100 criminal investigations in the U.S. are tied to Tren de Aragua.

Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant accused of murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, is reportedly a member of Tren de Aragua.

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Illegal immigrant allegedly stabs 2 children to death in Wisconsin



An illegal immigrant is accused of stabbing his two children to death and injuring his wife in Wisconsin. The Mexican native accused of murdering his daughters had been living in the United States illegally, according to reports.

Victor Manuel Gomez Acosta was charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and attempted homicide. If convicted on the charges, he could face up to life in prison.

Acosta Gomez remains in custody at the Clark County Jail on a $1 million bond. He also has an immigration detainer filed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that will hold him in custody.

According to WEAU, police responded to an emergency call that a woman had been stabbed around 1:40 a.m. on July 5 in Abbotsford, Wisconsin. The woman told investigators that she was sleeping when the stabbing occurred.

Police discovered two children with fatal stab wounds at the crime scene.

WQOW-TV reported that one of the children suffered 20 stab wounds to her chest, back, neck, hand, and arm. Some allegedly appeared to be defensive wounds. The other girl was stabbed 16 times, mostly in the chest and neck area.

The mother of the children was also stabbed multiple times, but she survived and needed critical medical treatment.

The mother of the children was stabbed roughly 17 times, including slicing her vocal cords and another was extremely close to her jugular vein. She required emergency surgery.

Police officers allegedly surrounded the trailer home where Acosta Gomez had been residing and the standoff lasted about 30 minutes until he surrendered.

Acosta Gomez reportedly had self-inflicted stab wounds and was transported to the Marshfield Medical Center for his injuries before being medically cleared to be transported to the Clark County Jail.

The Colby-Abbotsford Police Department said in a press release that a motive for the stabbing "has not been identified at this time."

An investigation into the fatal stabbings has been launched by the Colby-Abbotsford Police Department, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, Wisconsin State Crime Lab, Wisconsin State Patrol, Clark County District Attorney’s Office, Clark County Coroner’s Office, and the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office.

Citing ICE officials, Fox News reported that Gomez Acosta entered the U.S. legally at the port of entry in Laredo, Texas, in September 2016. However, he allegedly violated the terms of his entry conditions.

Colby-Abbotsford Police Department Police Chief Alex Bowman informed Just the News that Gomez Acosta entered the U.S. on a six-month work permit but overstayed the legal time period he was allowed to work.

The police department said Gomez Acosta was previously arrested for Operating While Intoxicated/Impaired (OWI) by an outside jurisdiction and arrested for another OWI offense in Colby-Abbotsford.

Bowman told the outlet that it has been extremely difficult to get ICE to take custody of illegal immigrants who commit crimes since 2020.

“Prior to 2020, it was a lot easier to work with ICE and immigration and now their hands are tied on a lot of things,” Bowman said. “I can tell you that even felons we’ve arrested for felony crimes and stuff, immigration still hasn’t come and gotten them.”

“I used to see immigration [officials] all the time over here,” he added. “Now, I haven’t heard from ICE in four years. It’s terrible.”

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Illegal alien allegedly butchers girlfriend in Texas. Jail records list his race as 'white.'



A woman was apparently stabbed to death in Texas, and police believe her boyfriend, an illegal alien, is responsible.

Around 6:15 on Monday morning, police in Irving, Texas, received a call requesting service at the 3100 block of Walnut Hill Lane, located just east of the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport.

Aldazabal's country of origin and when he entered the US are both unknown. Of four different Texas outlets that reported on the story, only one referenced the suspect's immigration status.

When officers arrived, they made a grisly discovery: 42-year-old Sucel Cuba Gomez was lying dead in a parking lot. She had been stabbed multiple times.

Within a few hours, cops had already arrested a suspect: 44-year-old Yunier Aldazabal. Police believe that after the stabbing, Aldazabal "had fled the area in a vehicle," which was subsequently located about 20 miles east. Aldazabal was then taken into custody without incident and charged with murder.

The police press release claimed Aldazabal and the victim had been in "a dating relationship." It is unclear what evidence tied Aldazabal to the crime.

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Aldazabal remains in custody at Dallas County Jail. Jail records list his race as "white," even though other racial categories — Asian, black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic — are available at the jail website.

Screenshot of DallasCounty.org website taken on July 3, 2024

Screenshot of DallasCounty.org website taken on July 3, 2024

Jail records also note that Aldazabal has an immigration hold against him because of a pending "illegal alien" charge. That hold appears to have been issued around 4 a.m. on Wednesday. It also means he has been denied bond, even though he was assessed a bond of $1 million in connection with the murder charge.

Aldazabal's country of origin and when he entered the U.S. are both unknown. Of four different Texas outlets that reported on the story, only one referenced the suspect's immigration status. The Dallas Morning News gave the information in the final paragraph, sandwiched in between statements about the murder charge against Aldazabal and a possible bond.

The other outlets — WFAA, FOX 4, and the Killeen Daily Herald — did not mention Aldazabal's immigration status at all. In fairness, the initial press release from Irving PD, posted to X at around 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday, does not mention it either, an indication that the information may not have been widely known. The Dallas Morning News story with the immigration information, however, was published about 10 minutes after the Irving PD X post.

The investigation into Gomez's death remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Hilton at THilton@cityofirving.org or (972) 721-2754. Anonymous tips can also be submitted at any time, day or night, to IPDCrimeTips@cityofirving.org or by calling (972) 273-1010 and referencing case number 24-14634.

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Man arrested for brutal murder of Georgia nursing student, Laken Hope Riley, is reportedly a non-citizen from Venezuela



A suspect was arrested on Friday in connection with the brutal murder of a Georgia nursing student.

The University of Georgia Police Department arrested 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra on Friday in connection to the murder of 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley.

University Police Chief Jeff Clark said Ibarra is not a U.S. citizen and did not attend the university.

"According to multiple DHS sources, he is here illegally from Venezuela. Sources confirm he crossed in September of 2022 into El Paso, Texas, and was released due to lack of detention space," NewsNation reported.

Ibarra is being held on charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call, and concealing the death of another, according to WSB-TV.

Police believe that Ibarra did not know Riley, and said the murder of the nursing student at Augusta University was a "crime of opportunity."

“He saw an individual and bad things happened,” University of Georgia Police Chief Jeff Clark said at a news conference on Friday. "This was an individual who woke up with bad intentions that day."

Police do not know of a motive as of yet.

Riley's maimed body was found around 12:38 p.m. on Thursday in a wooded area behind Lake Herrick at the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Police said she was "unconscious and not breathing, and had visible injuries." First responders pronounced her dead at the crime scene.

She reportedly went jogging on the UGA campus, and was reported missing by a friend at 12:07 p.m. on Thursday.

Riley's cause of death was from blunt force trauma, according to police.

Riley was a student at UGA until last spring, when she transferred to the nearby Augusta University.

She was a junior and a dean's list student, according to the school.

Classes at the UGA Athens campus and the Augusta University College of Nursing campus at Athens were canceled on Friday.

The UGA Police Department, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Athens-Clarke County Police Department launched an investigation into the grisly murder.

Ibarra's brother, Diego Ibarra, was arrested during the investigation for allegedly presenting fake green cards after law enforcement confronted him.

ABC News reported, "Diego Ibarra has been charged by federal complaint with possessing a fake green card and is in state custody."

Riley's younger sister, Lauren, shared a heart-wrenching tribute to her "built-in best friend."

"The best sister and my built-in best friend from the very first second," the distraught sister wrote on Instagram. "This isn’t fair and I will never understand it but I know you are in heaven with the man you loved most right now. I’m not sure how I’m going to do this but it’s all going to be for you from now on. I cannot wait to give you the biggest hug someday. I will miss and love you forever Laken."

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who is a UGA alum, said he and his family were "truly shaken and heartbroken to learn of Laken Riley’s tragic death."

The UGA Police Department is asking anyone with information to call 706-542-2200.

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CNN host can only respond with 'oh' after crime analyst explains why migrants don’t steal in red states



The best way to prove a point is to use cold, hard facts, and that’s exactly what CNN’s Erica Hill was hit with when chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller explained the reality of migrant-related crime.

While Miller acknowledged that the majority of illegal immigrants pouring into cities like New York are “hard-working” and simply “in search of hope and a better life,” there is another demographic that sees “a different opportunity.”

“These individuals (I went over their wrap sheets yesterday) [have] multiple charges of grand larceny, robbery, [and] attempted robbery,” Miller explained.

“What the detectives are telling me is they have crews here that operate in New York, do all their stealing, then go to Florida to spend the money, and then come back. And I’m like, ‘Well, why don’t they just stay and steal in Florida?’ and they said, ‘Because there you go to jail,’” Miller continued.

“Oh,” was all Hill could manage to utter in response.

“I guess as a Floridian, I should thank these people,” laughs Dave Rubin. “Keep doing it [Kathy Hochul]. Go for it [Eric Adams]. Open up all of your stores, and let them steal all your stuff.”


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