December 22, 2025Washington, DC, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

Operation Angel’s Honor: 14-day nationwide ICE operation in honor of Laken Riley, results in more than 1,000 criminal illegal alien arrests

The Laken Riley Act is named after a Georgia nursing student who was killed by a Venezuelan illegal alien and member of the terrorist criminal gang Tren de Aragua, who was previously arrested and paroled into the U.S., re-arrested in the interior and released, before committing the heinous act on Laken Riley

WASHINGTON — Today, ICE announced the successful conclusion of Operation Angel’s Honor, a 14-day operation named in honor of Laken Riley, during which the agency arrested more than 1,030 criminal illegal aliens under the authority of the Laken Riley Act — a law signed by President Trump that mandates that any illegal alien who has been accused of a violent crime such as theft, burglary, assaulting a law enforcement officer, or any crime that causes death or serious bodily injury must be placed under arrest.

“In honor of Laken Riley, ICE launched Operation Angel’s Honor — in the last two weeks alone arresting more than 1,000 criminal illegal aliens under the authority of the Laken Riley Act,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “President Trump has empowered us to arrest and remove the millions of violent criminal illegal aliens unleashed on the United States by the previous administration. Now, these criminals will face justice and be removed from our country. We can never bring Laken back, but we can do everything in our power to bring these heinous criminals to justice. I am so proud of what our brave men and women of ICE have done to remove these criminals from America’s streets.”

“We named this operation 'Angel’s Honor' in honor of the memory of Laken Riley, whose life was tragically cut short by illegal alien crime,” said ICE Director Todd Lyons. “This operation, while a massive success, also serves as a solemn reminder of the profound impact that immigrant violence and crime can have on victims and their loved ones. ICE’s mission is to ensure that no more Americans will fall victim to illegal alien crime.”

However, despite this law, sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to turn over criminal illegal aliens into ICE custody, forcing our officers to risk their lives to hunt them down, re-arrest them and remove them from the United States.

Below are some of the worst of the worst criminal aliens ICE took off the street during Operation Angel’s Honor:

Alejandro Ojose-Asto, a 37-year-old criminal illegal alien from Peru, was arrested on Dec. 10, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for rape, assault: with intent to cause physical injury, unlawful imprisonment and criminal obstruction of breathing/circulation. He is pending removal proceedings.

Marvin Mendez-Torrez, a 24-year-old criminal illegal alien from Nicaragua, was arrested on Dec. 11, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for assault with intent to cause injury to officer, criminal possession of controlled substance, larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and resisting arrest. He is pending removal proceedings.

Carlos Gomez-Diaz, a 27-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Dec. 11, 2025. His criminal history includes a conviction for sexual exploitation of a child. He is pending removal proceedings.

Cruz Sarinana-Castaneda, a 22-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Dec. 13, 2025. His criminal history includes a conviction for aggravated indecent liberties with a child and arrests for criminal damage to property, reckless driving and failure to appear. He is pending removal proceedings.

Jose Jiminez-Munoz, a 33-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Dec. 14, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for armed with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, interference with emergency communications, domestic violence, assault with a deadly weapon-minor present and assault on a female. He is pending removal proceedings.

Alexander Orbes-Armendariz, a 27-year-old criminal illegal alien from Ecuador, was arrested on Dec. 15, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for strangulation, domestic assault, reckless endangerment, assault with weapon and resisting arrest. He is pending removal proceedings.

Fernando Manzanares-Cruz, a 40-year-old criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested on Dec. 16, 2025. His criminal history includes arrests for assault and battery on pregnant victim, assault and battery of family/household member, destruction of property and witness intimidation. An immigration judge ordered him removed on Nov. 9, 2016.

Jose Solorzano-Chavez, a 24-year-old criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested on Dec. 18, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for attempted felony murder. An immigration judge ordered him removed on Oct. 5, 2022.

Jamie Escobar-Mirales, a 37-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Dec. 18, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for two counts of rape of a child. He is pending removal proceedings.

Javier Diaz-Cabrera, a 40-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Dec. 18, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for illegal sexual contact with a victim under the age of 13, sexual assault with a victim under 18 by a guardian, and a conviction for evading responsibility causing physical injury. He is pending removal proceedings.

Braulio Rosas-Ayala, a 44-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Dec. 18, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for rape and sodomy. An immigration judge ordered him removed on Jan. 16, 1999.

Fernando Benitez-Rivas, an 18-year-old criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested on Dec. 19, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for rape-suffer serious physical injury, assault and sex offense/sex contact. He is pending removal proceedings.

Brandon Barrientos-Garcia, a 28-year-old criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested on Dec.19, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for burglary, assault by strangulation, breaking/entering to terrorize/injure and domestic violence assault. He is pending removal proceedings.

Fredy Garcia-Canan, a 34-year-old criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested on Dec. 19, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for aggravated battery, intentional bodily harm with a deadly weapon, causing bodily harm, unlawful discharge of a firearm in city limits, criminal discharge of a firearm, aggravated endangering a child and reckless situation to a child. An immigration judge ordered him removed on July 3, 2024.

Ruben Pacheco-Flores, a 32-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Dec. 20, 2025. His criminal history includes an arrest for aggravated robbery and firearm used in commission of offense and convictions for possession of methamphetamine and illegal reentry. He is pending removal.

Alan Martinez-Mestizo, a 19-year-old criminal illegal alien from Colombia, was arrested on Dec. 20, 2025. His criminal history includes arrests for robbery with a firearm, grand theft and larceny. He is pending removal proceedings.

Evelyn Martinez-Rodriguez, a 36-year-old criminal illegal alien from Honduras, was arrested on Dec. 9, 2025. Her criminal history includes arrests for assault-torture/willful abuse of a child, domestic violence assault, assault and public order crimes. She is pending removal proceedings.

Luz Valencia-Bernal, a 38-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Dec. 17, 2025. Her criminal history includes convictions for food stamp fraud, child abuse and arrests for simple assault, domestic violence and driving while impaired. She is pending removal proceedings.

Updated: 12/22/2025