ICE Asks Governor Abigail Spanberger to Not Release Criminal Illegal Alien Charged with Child Pornography in Franklin County, Virginia

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of Public Affairs

ICE Asks Governor Abigail Spanberger to Not Release Criminal Illegal Alien Charged with Child Pornography in Franklin County, Virginia Under Governor Spanberger, Virginia has become a hotbed for illegal alien crime WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer asking Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to not release a criminal illegal alien who faces more than 20 charges related to child pornography. According to local reporting, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office arrested the suspect, Jorge Gilberto Zamorano-Burciaga, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, on August 12 in Rocky Mount after an investigation. Jorge Gilberto Zamorano-Burciaga Zamorano-Burciaga has been charged with NINE counts of possession of child pornography, SIX counts of produce/make child pornography with a child less than 15 years old, THREE counts of reproduce/sell child pornography, TWO counts of possessing obscene material using minors, and one count of reproduce/transmit/sell child pornography. ICE lodged a detainer with the Franklin County Jail the day after he was arrested. Zamorano-Burciaga’s criminal history includes prior arrests in Franklin County for driving while intoxicated and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. “This illegal alien from Mexico has been charged with more than 20 counts related to the possession and distribution of child pornography,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “ICE is calling on Governor Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this pedophile from jail, and to cooperate with ICE so we can remove him from our country. Governor Spanberger’s sanctuary policies have turned the Commonwealth into a magnet for illegal aliens, putting American lives at risk. Sanctuary politicians must abandon these America Last policies and start putting the American people first again.” Zamorano-Burciaga illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. He applied for temporary status under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in February 2013 under the Obama Administration, which was granted in August 2013 and extended in August 2015. His authorized period expired in October 2018. During her first days in office, Governor Spanberger signed executive orders banning state cooperation with ICE as well as terminating 287(g) state and local agreements. Under Governor Spanberger, Virginia has become a hotbed of illegal alien crime. Some of the recent illegal alien crimes in the sanctuary state include: In August, ICE lodged detainers for three illegal aliens charged with sex offenses against children, who were all being held at the same jail in Staunton, Virginia. In July, ICE lodged a detainer for Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas, an illegal alien from Honduras, after he was charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer in Annandale, Virginia. In July, ICE arrested Raul Genesis Ortiz Moran, an illegal alien from Mexico, after he was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated sexual battery in the death of a 2-year-old girl in Louisa County, Virginia. In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Juan Arevalo Mendez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, after he was arrested for charges of rape and abduction in Fairfax County, Virginia. In June, an ICE investigation led to the sentencing of Samuel Flores de Dios, an illegal alien from Mexico, to 30 years in prison on charges of production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Moises Domingo Rico Rosales, an illegal alien from Nicaragua, after he had been arrested for abduction of person with intent to defile and indecent exposure in Annandale, Virginia. In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Jose Nahun Aleman Hernandez, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was charged with molesting a 5-year-old girl in Woodbridge, Virginia. In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Cristian Wilfredo Alvarenga Aguilar, an illegal alien charged with carjacking, abduction, assault, and robbery in Herndon, Virginia. In May, Aroldo Santos-Velasques, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was sentenced in Loudoun County to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.  In May, ICE lodged a detainer for Cristian Romero Saenz-Argueta, an illegal alien from El Salvador, who was arrested in Prince William County, Virginia and charged with raping a girl under the age of 15. In May, ICE lodged a detainer for Jorge Enrique Garcia-Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was arrested in Franklin County, Virginia and charged with forcible intercourse with a victim under the age of 13 and SIX counts of possession of child pornography.  In May, ICE arrested Eduardo Perez-Legra, an illegal alien from Cuba with prior felony convictions for drug trafficking and cocaine possession, in Newport News, Virginia. In May, ICE arrested Walvin Victor Hugo Garcia, an illegal alien from Guatemala, after he was released by sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County despite facing charges of raping a child under the age of 13.  In May, ICE arrested Josue Saul Garcia-Lopez, an illegal alien from El Salvador and MS-13 gang member, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. In April, Roni Mendez-Escobar, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE after previously being released by Fairfax County, despite being charged with possession of child porn with intent to distribute.  In April, ICE lodged a detainer asking sanctuary politicians in Arlington County to not release Luzvin Orvando Garcia Moran, an illegal alien from Guatemala, after he was arrested for attempted rape. In April, Israel Christopher Flores-Ortiz, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, was convicted for NINE counts of assault and battery after he groped multiple underage girls at a high school in Fairfax County. In April, the Fairfax County District Attorney’s Office offered an insane plea deal of just 5 years to two illegal aliens who murdered a man at a park and walking trail in Oakton, Virginia in July of 2024. In April, Misael Lopez Gomez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested and charged with murder and felony child abuse after bludgeoning his own 3-month-old daughter to death in Fairfax County. In March, Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after fatally stabbing a man inside his home in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. In February, Abdul Jalloh, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone with more than 30 prior arrests, was charged with murder after fatally stabbing 41-year-old Stephanie Minter at a bus stop in Hybla Valley, Virginia.

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