The man accused of murdering a Maryland woman in 2023 is an undocumented immigrant who was arrested and expelled at least three times, according to an ICE official.
Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez is accused of murdering Rachel Morin in August of 2023. He was arrested last week by authorities in Oklahoma and sent to Maryland to stand trial on murder charges.
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The suspect, Hector Balderas-Aheelor, was on track for deportation — but the San Diego County Sheriff’s office denied an immigration detainer from the feds, even after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said “nothing prohibits the federal government from doing its job in this case.”
“On November 29, 2025, a Department of Homeland Security – Immigration Detainer – Notice of Action (DHS Form I-247-A) was received for Hector Balderas-Aheelor (aka: Hector Amador Balderas),” said Lt. David Collins of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
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According to local reports, on July 20, Amandor-Martinez arrived at an apartment shared with his girlfriend, Aleida Lopez, early in the morning and attempted to rape her. After she fended him off, Amandor-Martinez assaulted her by biting her left hand, right armpit, and injured her arm. Her 15-year-old-son, Luis Lopez, tried to intervene and was shot byAmandor-Martinezthree times and murdered. The criminal illegal alien then assaulted Lopez’s daughter with a firearm.
15-year-old Luis Lopez who was tragically killed the criminal illegal alien was greatly admired and called a “sweet student” by Rowan County Senior High School. He would have been a sophomore this fall.
Amandor-Martinez a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, attempted to enter the country THREE times under the Biden administration in 2021, at the southern border. He successfully illegally entered the country on his third try at an unknown date and location and without inspection by an immigration officer.
“15-year-old Luis Lopez died trying to save his mother from this criminal illegal alien who was attempting to rape her. Gildardo Amandor-Martinez is a rapist and cold-blooded killer who should have never been in this country,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “The Biden administration’s open-border policies allowed this monster to walk American streets and commit these evil crimes, including murder, assault, and attempted rape, against a mother and her children. ICE has placed an arrest detainer to ensure Amandor-Martinez will not be released onto America's streets and allowed to terrorize American families again.”
Secretary Noem relaunched the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office. The VOICE office was shuttered by the previous administration, which left victims of alien crime without access to many key support services and resources. The office was first launched in 2017 by the Trump administration as a dedicated resource for those who have been victimized by crime with a nexus to immigration.
If you or a loved one has been impacted by a crime committed by an illegal alien, you are not alone. Call 1-855-48-VOICE (1-855-488-6423).
Oscar Eduardo Ortega, A Mexican national and twice-deported illegal immigrant whose criminal history includes nine arrests and a vehicular manslaughter conviction for killing two teenagers in Orange County, was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
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Release Date: January 23, 2026
DHS fights for justice for these two innocent Americans whose lives were taken by an illegal alien who should have never been in our country
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer for Juan Alvarado-Aguilar, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico accused of killing 20-year-old Fletcher Harris and 19-year-old Skylar Provenza in Rowan County, North Carolina on January 16.
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WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Department of Homeland Security released a video honoring an Illinois woman whose body was allegedly stuffed in a trash can and doused in bleach by an illegal immigrant who walked free until he was arrested by ICE agents in Chicago.
The body of 37-year-old Megan Bos was found in April 2025 in a garbage can in the yard of Mexican citizen Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez after she was reported missing a month earlier, according to DHS.
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NEW YORK — ICE New York City lodged an immigration detainer with the New York City Department of Corrections against the release of 38-year-old illegal alien Jose Edwin Cruz Gomez on Sept. 15. Cruz is an illegal alien from Honduras who was arrested by the New York City Police Department for murder, attempted murder, assault, vehicular manslaughter and several other felony crimes after he mowed down a 16-year-old, her mother, and her stepfather with his vehicle after the teenager refused his drunken, lewd advances on Sept. 13. The collision killed the young girl and injured her mother.
On March 13, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated deGravelles to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
Louisiana Case (February 2026): U.S. District Judge John deGravelles in Louisiana ordered the release of four individuals with convictions for violent crimes—including homicide and sexual exploitation of a minor—after determining their detention was unlawful, as there was no plan for their deportation in the "reasonably foreseeable future".
Courtesy: AI
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On March 13, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated deGravelles to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
“Another day with worst of the worst arrested in Minnesota without the help of Governor Walz or Mayor Jacob Frey.” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
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“Another day with worst of the worst arrested in Minnesota without the help of Governor Walz or Mayor Jacob Frey.” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
“Another day with worst of the worst arrested in Minnesota without the help of Governor Walz or Mayor Jacob Frey.” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
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“Another day with worst of the worst arrested in Minnesota without the help of Governor Walz or Mayor Jacob Frey.” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
“Another day with worst of the worst arrested in Minnesota without the help of Governor Walz or Mayor Jacob Frey.” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin
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“Another day with worst of the worst arrested in Minnesota without the help of Governor Walz or Mayor Jacob Frey.” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
“Another day with worst of the worst arrested in Minnesota without the help of Governor Walz or Mayor Jacob Frey.” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
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