75% Of Fairfax County’s Murders This Year Allegedly Committed By Illegals, DHS Says

Three of the four suspects facing trial for murder in Fairfax County, Virginia, this year entered the U.S. illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said.

DHS directly called out Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger by saying she must end sanctuary policies in the state in a post on the alleged murderers Thursday. The department’s post comes after Fairfax County officials have allegedly refused to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

ICE issued a detainer on the most recent arrests Wednesday, calling on “Virginia sanctuary politicians” not to let another “criminal illegal alien from jail back onto the streets,” according to a DHS statement. Police arrested Misael Lopez Gomez on Tuesday and charged him with second-degree murder and a felony child abuse for allegedly murdering his 3-month-old daughter. DHS identified him as a Guatemalan national in the U.S. illegally. (RELATED: Police Arrest 14-Year-Old Mother For Car Crash That Killed Her 1-Year-Old Baby)

Another Guatemalan illegal alien, Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, was arrested March 3 in connection with a deadly stabbing inside a home within the county, according to a DHS statement. ICE placed another detainer requesting that “Fairfax County sanctuary politicians” not release Muy, who was also charged with second-degree murder.

Of the four defendants in Fairfax County murder trials this year, THREE are ILLEGAL ALIENS.

Governor Spanberger must end her sanctuary policies that allow these illegal aliens onto our streets and work with DHS to protect the citizens of the commonwealth. pic.twitter.com/gY6jwSSARs

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 2, 2026

A mother, Stephanie Minter, 41, was found stabbed to death at a Fairfax County bus stop on Feb. 23, according to another DHS statement. Police identified the suspect as Sierra Leonean national Abdul Jalloh, who was later found, arrested and charged with murder and petit larceny.

Jalloh had entered the country illegally in 2012 and had a criminal history that featured over 30 arrests for charges ranging from rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession and identity theft to trespassing, larceny, firing a weapon and pickpocketing, DHS alleged.

“Another violent criminal illegal alien, another preventable murder of an American citizen,” the statement said.

Addressing Jalloh’s alleged murder of Minter, Deputy said his alleged act “came less than 24 hours before Governor Spanberger’s demonization of ICE law enforcement.”

“This heinous criminal is a perfect example of why we need cooperation from sanctuary jurisdictions and the importance of third-country removals for the safety of the American people,” Bis continued.

Detectives are seeking Abdul Jalloh, 32. He was the last person seen with our victim in Hybla Valley. He may be dangerous so please do not make any attempt to interact with him. Anyone with info on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or @FFXCrimeSolvers @ 1-866-411-TIPS https://t.co/4ouD5nBKdK pic.twitter.com/MroiKbIIaU

— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) February 24, 2026

Democratic state Sen. Scott Surovell previously blamed the murder of Minter on ICE, claiming that they may have been too busy killing poets and nurses in Minnesota to arrest the suspect.

However, DHS has called out Fairfax County over its alleged refusal to cooperate. “Fairfax County has a history of refusing to honor immigration detainers,” DHS wrote, alleging that an El Salvadoran criminal illegal alien murdered a county resident one day after the county jail had failed to honor an immigration detainer placed by ICE.

“There is blood on the hands of Fairfax County politicians for pushing policies that released this illegal alien from jail and onto the streets of Virginia,” then-Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a DHS statement. “Sanctuary policies have deadly consequences.”

Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid refused to honor ICE’s detainer on Minter’s alleged killer, ABC 7 reported in mid-March. County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s office dropped multiple lesser charges on Jalloh, which allowed him to be free when he allegedly murdered Minter.

Both Kincaid and Descano were invited to testify at a hearing by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on April 15 named, “Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies,” according to ABC 7.

The invitation read, “The hearing will examine how state and local policies that prohibit cooperation with federal immigration authorities hurt public safety. Your testimony will assist the Committee and Subcommittee in developing legislative reforms to address sanctuary jurisdictions.” (RELATED: Husband Arrested After Democrat Politician Found Dead In Home, Police Say)

Kincaid, Descano and Spanberger have not responded to the Daily Caller’s request for comment.

Editor’s note: Article headline updated to reflect that the story’s covering Fairfax County.