The Biden administration’s open-door policy has allowed millions of illegal immigrants, including deadly criminals and gangs, to infiltrate the United States. Once again, an illegal immigrant has been arrested for committing a crime. This time, the victim was a teenage girl.
Renzo Josue Mendoza Montes, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested in Campbell County on Thursday on charges of carnal knowledge of a child 13 or 14 years of age without force and one felony charge of taking indecent liberties with a minor.
According to law enforcement, the 32-year-old was detained and then released last September by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, thanks to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Mendoza first attempted to enter the country last May but was sent back to Mexico due to the Title 42 pandemic expulsion policy being in effect, officials reported.
Authorities announced that due to the age of the victim, they would not be releasing any additional information.
“We are especially sensitive to the fact that these crimes involve a young juvenile who lives here within our community,” said Sheriff Whit Clark.
“Like any criminal investigation conducted by the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office, upholding the integrity of a case is priority for our department and the Campbell County Commonwealth’s Attorney.”
After the news broke, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) posted about the incident, stating that “prosecution must be to the fullest extent of the law.”
We pray for the victim tonight and thank the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department. Let’s be clear, prosecution must be to the fullest extent of the law. https://t.co/MZNvexDnio
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) February 27, 2024
Mendoza was being held at the Blue Ridge Regional Jail without bond but has now been placed in custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
This incident is one of many crimes that have been committed by illegal immigrants, particularly from Venezuela. Jose Antonio Ibarra violently murdered Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at the University of Georgia when she went for her routine jog last Thursday. Ibarra was also an illegal immigrant released into the country.
Nilson Noel Trejo-Granados was taken into custody on Thursday. He is accused of killing 2-year-old Jeremy Poou-Caceres when he and his mother were caught in the middle of a shootout in Maryland.
Trejo-Granados was also supposed to be deported in 2022, but was still able to freely roam the U.S.
