ICE detains Honduran national in Virginia after local court drops charges

(TNND) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have detained Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez, a Honduran national, in Fairfax County, Virginia, after local authorities dropped several charges against him, including child abduction and home invasion.

In a statement, ICE officials detailed that Baquedano-Rodriguez’s charges include “abduction of a person with intent to defile and burglary, entering a house to murder, rape, etc.”

Russell Hott, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C., Field Office Director, said, “Though the court saw fit to drop his most recent charges, Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez has been convicted of numerous crimes in Virginia and represents a calamitous hazard to our Virginia residents.”

“Every one of his convictions represents another one of our neighbors that Baquedano-Rodriguez has victimized. ICE Washington D.C. will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing criminal alien offenders from our Washington, D.C. and Virginia communities,” Hott added.

This is not the 26-year-old’s first encounter with law enforcement. Fairfax County police arrested Baquedano-Rodriguez in November 2021 and charged him with three counts of indecent liberties, including exposing genitals to a child.