Mohamed Soliman has been charged with a federal hate crime and is facing state attempted murder charges in the attack Sunday on a group of pro-Israel supporters in Boulder, Colorado, but he is just one of thousands of illegal aliens who have been charged with or convicted of crimes in the U.S. in recent years.
Soliman used an improvised flame thrower and incendiary devices to attack a group of people demonstrating in support of freedom for hostageswho have been held captive since Oct. 7, 2023, in Gaza. He entered the U.S. in 2022, but overstayed his visa and did not have legal status.
The incident is far from the first time an individual living in the U.S. illegally has been charged with a violent crime.
The following are just a few of the illegal aliens who have been arrested or charged with violent crimes carried out while they were living in America.
Charged in Murder of Girlfriend
Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
In April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa, a Guatemalan living in the U.S. illegally. Barrera-Rosa has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Guatemalan migrant Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, who he is accused of burying in a heavily wooded area near Cedarville State Forest in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Charged in Murder of 16-Year-Old
Rafael Govea Romero (Edna, Texas, Police Department)
Rafael Govea Romero, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, faces capital murder charges in the death of 16-year-old cheerleader Lizbeth Medina.
The teen’s mother, Jacqueline Medina, found her daughter dead with a stab wound in the bathtub of their apartment in Edna, Texas, about 140 miles southeast of San Antonio.
Romero had reportedly been stalking Medina leading up to her killing, according to KTRK-TV.
Fatally Shot Girlfriend
Brandon Ortiz-Vite (Michigan Department of Corrections)
In November 2024, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced to 39 years in a Michigan prison after being found guilty of killing his girlfriend, Ruby Garcia.
Garcia was found dead on a side of the road in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in March 2024 with gunshot wounds to the head.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Ortiz-Vite was deported to Mexico in the fall of 2020, but returned to the U.S. without permission, according to the local Michigan news outlet MLive.
Charged With Murdering 11-Year-Old
Juan Carlos Garcia Rodriguez (Harris County, Texas, Jail)
Juan Carlos Garcia Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, has been charged with capital murder in the death of 11-year-old Maria Gonzalez in Texas.
Maria was found wrapped in a trash bag and stuffed in a laundry basket under her bed last summer. Police report that Maria was sexually assaulted and killed while her father was at work, according to KHOU-TV.
Sexual Assault of a Child
Jose Guadalupe Perez-Garza (Texas Department of Public Safety/Sex Offender Registration website)
Authorities arrested Jose Guadalupe Perez-Garza, a Mexican national, in May after finding he had previously been deported and had a criminal history, including aggravated sexual assault of a child. Perez-Garza was convicted and he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2013. He had been deported in January, but had returned and was rearrested.
6 Illegal Aliens Charged in Mother’s Killing
(Lancaster, South Carolina, Sheriff’s Office via Department of Homeland Security)
In May, local authorities in South Carolina announced the arrests of six illegal aliens from Honduras for the murder of Larisha Sharell Thompson, 40, a mother of two.
The illegal aliens include Asael Torres-Chirinos, Jarby Ramos-Ardon, Jeyson Salgado-Pineda, and three juveniles whose names were not released.
The Department of Homeland Security reports the May 2 killing to have been “random,” explaining that the suspects “allegedly pulled up alongside Thompson, fatally shot her and attempted to enter her vehicle.” The three adult suspects have been charged with murder, the New York Post reported.
MS-13 Gang Member Facing Laundry List of Charges
Nelson Vladimir Amaya-Benitez (DHS)
On May 12, ICE arrested Nelson Vladimir Amaya-Benitez, 26, a previously deported illegal alien from El Salvador, in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Amaya-Benitez’s rap sheet dates back to 2017 and includes charges of armed robbery, theft, and malicious burning in the second degree.
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