​The Department of Homeland Security is blasting Fairfax County, Virginia prosecutors for offering what it calls an “insane” plea deal to two illegal immigrants who admitted to a brutal murder. DHS says Maldin Anibal Guzman-Videz and Luis Alonzo Sort-Portillo — who are both in the U.S. illegally — stabbed a man to death at a park and walking trail in Oakton, Virginia, in July 2024. The victim’s body was later discovered by a community member in a wooded area, prompting a police response.

Despite the severity of the crime, DHS said the two suspects have been offered a plea deal that would result in just five years in prison and the eventual release of “two monsters” back on American streets. The two men pleaded guilty to second-degree murder by mob and were sentenced to 25 years, with 20 years suspended, leaving five years to serve, a judge accepted the plea agreements. Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said that this is a “sweetheart plea deal” with murders, and added, “This 5-year sweetheart plea deal for murder is insane. This is yet another example of Fairfax sanctuary politicians siding with criminal illegal aliens over U.S. citizens.”

Federal immigration authorities say they have repeatedly asked Fairfax officials not to release Guzman-Videz from custody in the past, but those requests were ignored. According to DHS, Guzman-Videz, a Honduran national, was issued a final order of removal in 2019 but remained in the United States. He later accumulated multiple arrests, including for assault, malicious wounding, larceny, obstruction of justice, and failure to appear. According to the Fairfax County Times, he also allegedly robbed a restaurant and allegedly attacked someone with a knife.

Sort-Portillo, the second suspect, is a Salvadoran national who entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown time, according to DHS. ICE has now requested that both men not be released back into the community, as DHS calls on Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and local leaders to ensure they remain behind bars. “We are calling on Fairfax County sanctuary politicians and Governor Spanberger to commit to not releasing these murderers from jail back into our communities,” Bis said. “How many more times must they release criminals into our neighborhoods to create more innocent victims?”

DHS also criticized Fairfax County’s broader approach to immigration enforcement, claiming the county’s sanctuary policies have contributed to an increase of violent crime. The agency said that illegal immigrants have been responsible for 75% of murders in the county so far in 2026, though that figure has not been independently verified.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson filed a Sunday court motion to bar all still cameras, video cameras and microphones from a critical hearing on April 17.. On that day, Robinson is scheduled to be present in court, and the state and defense are expected to make a flurry of motions.. Judge Tony Graf has not made a ruling on whether to ban electronic media throughout the course of the trial.. Fox News Legal Analyst Donna Rotunno, and host of the podcast “Crime & Justice with Donna Rotunno,” said Graf should “take control” and make a definitive ruling on media in the courtroom throughout the rest of the proceedings.. TYLER ROBINSON PROSECUTORS SAY CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTING TEXTS SHOW CONFUSION, NOT BIAS, TO REBUT CONFLICT CLAIM. She said the defense asking only to ban electronic media for the April 17 hearing could be indicative of a larger strategy, and that they may ask to bar media on a hearing-by-hearing basis. That way, if Graf rules against them, they will only lose the motion for one specific hearing, and not for all of the proceedings moving forward.. Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, has pleaded for cameras to be allowed during the trial.. “There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,” she told Fox News’ Jesse Watters in an exclusive interview in November. “There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear. We deserve to have cameras in there.”. WHY POLITICAL ASSASSINATION CASES AREN’T AUTOMATICALLY DEATH PENALTY ELIGIBLE. “Why not be transparent?” Kirk continued. “There’s nothing to hide. I know there’s not because I’ve seen what the case is built on.”. Prosecutors also filed a response to a motion filed by Robinson’s team last week, asking the court a May 18 preliminary hearing back. The defense is asking to push back the preliminary hearing until expert discovery is complete, and prosecutors argue that the hearing should be held on the scheduled date.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. The state argues that the defense is trying to confer upon itself rights during the preliminary stage of the trial that it is not entitled to until the actual trial itself, and that discovery is meant to be reserved for the trial, not preliminary proceedings.. Rotunno agrees that the defense has been given enough discovery leeway in the preliminary stage of the court proceedings, and that the hearing should remain scheduled for May 18.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy sifting through money taken from an illegal immigrant suspect arrested on drug charges became ill when she was hit in the face with airborne powdered fentanyl and cocaine, authorities said.. The exposure happened when Jose Fredy Rodriguez Acuna, 25, of Portage, was being booked into the jail on March 31, the Columbia County Sheriff’s office said.. Acuna had been arrested earlier that day during a traffic stop. While he was being booked into the jail, deputies were taking inventory of Acuna’s belongings, authorities said.. “While manipulating US Currency taken from the subject, she unfolded a bill which contained a powdery substance,” said Columbia County Sheriff Roger Brandner. “The powdery substance became airborne directly into the face of the deputy causing an exposure.”. FBI ARRESTS 55 IN MASSIVE DRUG RING WITH ALLEGED CHINA SUPPLIER FLOODING US STREETS WITH FENTANYL. The deputy suffered a “medical event” and needed immediate care, authorities said. Other deputies administered Narcan, an over-the-counter nasal spray or injection that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses, on the sick deputy.. The deputy was taken to a hospital and was expected to make a full recovery.. FATAL DRUG COMBINATION SPARKS ALERT AS ‘RHINO TRANQ’ SPREADS ACROSS US. The powdered substance tested positive for cocaine and fentanyl, the sheriff’s office said. Last week, Acuna was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of narcotic drugs.. He was ordered held on a $1,000 cash bond. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer request with the sheriff’s office, and he was taken into federal custody.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Brandner noted that people arrested for drug offenses often conceal drugs and paraphernalia in their belongings during the intake process.. “The danger doesn’t stop on the street, and our jail staff must be prepared for his danger,” he said. “Our staff did a fantastic job identifying and responding to this life-threatening emergency. We are thankful that the deputy will be able to recover.”. Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A crazed man was shot by police after wielding a 13-inch kitchen knife outside a grocery store, the New York Police Department said.. “Once again, we are reminded of the dangers that our officers confront every time they put on their uniform. And this morning was no different,” Inspector Andrew Natiw, the executive officer of the Patrol Bureau of Manhattan North, said in a Monday morning news conference.. According to the NYPD, on Monday at 1:15 a.m., a 53-year-old got into a verbal fight with another person inside the City Fresh Market on East 120th Street and Third Avenue.. Multiple employees had to physically remove him from the store after he became “irate and disorderly,” the NYPD said. The man returned to the store a short time later with a large kitchen knife in his hand, banging on the window, according to police.. GOT A TIP?. WATCH: Knife-wielding man seen menacing grocery store employees. FOLLOW US ON X. Surveillance video captured the man wielding a 13-inch knife, yelling, pressing against the store’s glass, police said.. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL. Employees locked the door and called 911 just after 1:30 a.m.. When officers arrived, they told the man to drop the knife multiple times, but he “quickly advanced toward the officers with the knife extended out.”. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS. Authorities said that one of the officers shot the suspect and immediately requested EMS and rendered aid to the 53-year-old suspect.. The suspect, they said, was removed to Harlem Hospital where he went into surgery, and is in critical but stable condition.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. The NYPD declined to provide a name of the suspect. Police said the man has a history of prior arrests and was known to law enforcement.. Investigators recovered approximately seven shell casings at the scene. The incident remains under investigation.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. An American woman went missing in the Bahamas on Saturday after she fell overboard on a boat trip and was carried away by strong currents, according to local police.. The woman was swept into the ocean on Saturday at around 7:30 p.m. during an evening boat trip with her husband from Hope Town to Elbow Cay in the Bahamas, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Authorities said the woman fell off the boat with the ignition key, causing the engine to shut off.. Police said her husband lost sight of her while strong currents swept her away, adding that both people are U.S. nationals.. AMERICAN WORKER SHOT, KILLED IN BAHAMAS AS SENIOR OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER: POLICE. The man paddled to shore, reaching the Marsh Harbour Boat Yard around 4 a.m. Sunday.. He alerted someone after paddling to shore, who then notified police of his wife’s disappearance.. MAJOR CRUISE LINE CANCELS PLANNED SAILINGS, UPENDING VACATIONS: ‘DEFINITELY A DISAPPOINTMENT’. The Royal Bahamas Police Force is investigating the woman’s disappearance along with the Royal Bahamas Defense Force and the Hope Town Fire & Rescue.. Due to crime, the U.S. State Department currently says the Bahamas is under a level 2 travel advisory and urges Americans to “exercise increased caution” due to crime, beach safety, as well as jet skis and boating.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. The State Department said that boating in the Bahamas isn’t well regulated, stating that “injuries and deaths have occurred.”