ICE Lodges Detainer for 2022 Honduran Entrant Accused of Trying to Grab Fairfax Officer's Gun
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 31
ICE Lodges Detainer for 2022 Honduran Entrant Accused of Trying to Grab Fairfax Officer's Gun
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 31
Summary
ICE asked Fairfax County to hold Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas and notify federal authorities before release after he was charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer.
Annandale police said officers were responding Tuesday to a report of an armed man when Fuentes-Banegas emerged from woods, grabbed an officer's firearm and was stopped after one officer fired and another used a Taser.
DHS said Fuentes-Banegas entered the U.S. illegally through Texas in 2022 and was later released; police said two knives were recovered and a bullet grazed his shoulder.
The case has intensified a political fight over Virginia immigration policy, with DHS blaming Governor Abigail Spanberger's rollback of 287(g) cooperation with ICE for weakening enforcement.