Democratic leaders in Virginias most populous county are facing criticism over an ongoing “epidemic” of violence by that has left 13 dead in a major American suburb near the nations capital.
Seven illegal immigrants have been arrested in Fairfax County, a suburb of , in recent years for violent attacks ranging from infanticide to a machete killing and gang activity.
Despite these arrests, critics of Fairfax County leaders say they are prioritizing criminal illegal immigrants over Americans safety by maintaining sanctuary-type policies that limit cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Virginias new Democratic Gov. is also facing criticism for a day-one executive order that reversed the states policy of cooperating with ICE.
One critic, Katie Gorka, chair of the Fairfax County GOP, referred to the spate of violence as an “epidemic” ravaging her community. She blamed local Commonwealths Attorney Steve Descano and the Democratic-controlled Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Meet the illegal immigrants behind the ongoing spate of violence in Fairfax County.
ICE has lodged a detainer, or request to hold, with the Fairfax County Sheriffs Office for Misael Lopez Gomez, 28, who is charged with murder and felony child abuse for allegedly killing his 3-month-old daughter.
According to the Fairfax County Police Department, the 3-month-old was in the care of Lopez Gomez at the time of the incident at a home in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. The department said that during the investigation, detectives and hospital staff observed evidence consistent with abuse. Preliminary results from an autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma.
Lauren Bis, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, called Lopez Gomez a “cold blooded killer” and “monster.” DHS said Lopez Gomez crossed the border into the country illegally in New Mexico in July 2023, under the Biden administration.
The same week, ICE lodged a detainer request asking Fairfax County not to release Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, 38, following his arrest in connection with a fatal stabbing the prior weekend.
Chavarria Muy is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing, which also took place in a home in Bailey’s Crossroads. Local outlet WUSA9 reported that officers responding to the scene found a man with multiple stab wounds inside the home. The man was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
According to DHS, Chavarria Muy is in the U.S. illegally and entered the country at an unknown place and time.
A month before Chavarria Muys arrest, Fairfax County Police arrested and charged Abdul Jalloh, 32,â¯with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 41-year-old Virginia woman named Stephanie Minter.
Officers responding to the incident, which took place at a bus stop in the Hybla Valley neighborhood in Fairfax County, found her with multiple stab wounds in her upper body. She was pronounced dead at the scene on Feb. 23.
Surveillance footage captured Jalloh and Minter exiting a bus at the stop where she was killed, and Fairfax County detectives determined Jalloh was allegedly responsible for the stabbing. He is charged with second-degree murder. He is also charged with larceny that occurred the day after the fatal stabbing.
According to DHS, Jalloh is an illegal alien from Sierra Leone who entered the U.S. illegally under the Obama administration in 2012.
DHS said that before his arrest for murder, Jalloh had been arrested more than 30 times and faced charges including rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft, trespassing, larceny, firing a weapon, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and pickpocketing.
On Dec. 19, DHS said it “vehemently condemns Fairfax Countys sanctuary policies” after Salvadoran illegal immigrant Marvin Fernan
