10 most violent criminal illegal immigrants arrested in 2025

In President Donald Trump’s first year back in office, more than 2.5 million illegal aliens left the country, thanks in large part to the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration and its sweeping deportation program.

In its deportation campaign, the Department of Homeland Security has prioritized targeting violent illegal criminals. DHS Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin accused the media of “whitewashing” the facts surrounding the arrests of illegal immigrants with violent criminal histories and portraying them as victims.

“As the media whitewashes the facts, day after day, our brave men and women of ICE risk their lives for the American people,” McLaughlin said.

From a “habitual” child predator to a decapitation incident to another that strangled a taxi driver to death, here are ten of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested with violent charges this year.

1. Mohamed Sabry Soliman – Molotov cocktail terrorist attack in Colorado

On June 1, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national living in the United States on an expired visa, was arrested on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and a hate crime after allegedly setting people on fire at a pro-Israel event in Boulder.

Authorities described the attack as violence inspired by terrorism.

According to the federal indictment, Suleiman threw two Molotov cocktails at attendees of the event, shouting, “Liberate Palestine!” According to the indictment, he was armed with a backpack sprayer containing a flammable liquid and a black plastic container containing at least 18 Molotov cocktails.

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Video still images of a man later identified as Mohamed Soliman throwing an incendiary device at a group of pro-Israel supporters (off camera) in Boulder, Colorado, Sunday, June 1, 2025. Soliman was later arrested by police. (Alex Osante)

Thirteen people were injured in the attack and an 82-year-old woman, Karen Diamond, died from her injuries on June 25, 2025. A dog was also injured.

2. Emiliano Garduno-Galvez – Fiery LA anti-police attack

Days later, Emiliano Garduno-Galvez was arrested for attempted murder after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement during anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.

The incident was filmed and published on X by the DHS.

According to the agency, Garduno-Galvez had previously been deported and has a criminal history, including robbery and DUI.

3. Gabriel Hurtado-Cariaco – Nebraska terrorist Tren de Aragua

On June 20, DHS announced that ICE had arrested Gabriel Hurtado-Cariaco, a Venezuelan illegal immigrant and member of the infamous Tren de Aragua gang, designated a “foreign terrorist organization” by the Trump administration.

According to DHS, during an immigration enforcement operation in Bellevue, Nebraska, Hurtado-Cariaco launched a “brutal and premeditated assault” against an ICE Homeland Security Investigations special agent and an FBI agent. The agency said Hurtado-Cariaco threw the ICE agent to the ground, slammed his head on the sidewalk, ripped off his bulletproof vest and made repeated violent contact. The officer survived but suffered serious head and arm injuries and was treated at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Although Hurtado-Cariaco fled the scene, he was arrested hours later and charged with attempted murder of a federal officer and assault of a federal officer with bodily injury. He entered the country illegally in 2023.

4. Harjinder Singh – Illegal Commercial Driver Accident in Florida

Indian illegal alien Harjinder Singh, who also faces deportation, was arrested Aug. 12 after a crash on a Florida Turnpike in which investigators say he made an illegal U-turn in a tractor-trailer, causing a crash that killed three people.

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Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old illegal alien from India who was arrested on August 16, 2025, allegedly attempted an unauthorized U-turn at Ft. Pierce, Florida, resulting in an accident that claimed the lives of three people. (United States Marshals Service)

Singh faces three counts of vehicular homicide in Florida and ICE filed a brief for his arrest.

According to DHS, Singh entered the country illegally in 2018 and obtained a commercial driver’s license from the state of California in 2024. Singh’s case has sparked widespread concern about illegal immigrant drivers putting lives at risk on America’s roads.

5. William Alexander Telles Amaya – Houston “Habitual” Child Predator

On August 18, ICE arrested William Alexander Telles Amaya, a 35-year-old criminal alien from El Salvador, whom the agency described as a “habitual child predator.”

ICE said Amaya had three convictions for child sex offenses, including aggravated sexual assault of a child in April 2006, failure to register as a sex offender in May 2015, and sexual indecency with a minor in July 2025.

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Yordanis Cobos-Martinez was arrested for allegedly decapitating a merchant in Dallas. (ICE)

6. Yordanis Cobos-Martinez – Beheading of suspect in Dallas

In another large Texas city, Dallas, ICE arrested Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, a Cuban illegal alien, on September 10. According to the agency, Cobos-Martinez has an extensive criminal history, including child sexual abuse, motor vehicle theft, false imprisonment and carjacking.

The agency said Cobos-Martinez was arrested by Dallas police for allegedly using a machete to decapitate a merchant with whom he had argued. The agency said the killing took place in front of the shopkeeper’s wife and child and that Cobos-Martinez then kicked the victim’s head “like a soccer ball.”

ICE said Cobos-Martinez was previously arrested by ICE and placed on a final order of removal, but was released by the Biden administration just a week before Trump took office on January 13.

7. Eduardo Aguilar – $10,000 TikTok Bounties for Dead ICE Agents

DHS announced the Oct. 14 arrest of Eduardo Aguilar, a 23-year-old Mexican illegal alien residing in Dallas, after he called for the killing of ICE agents in a Spanish video posted to TikTok.

Aguilar’s message, dated October 9, 2025, called for “10 guys in Dallas who are determined and not afraid to [two skull emoji]. “He proposed “10,000 for each ICE agent.”

According to court records, Aguilar was charged with transmitting a communication in interstate or foreign commerce containing a threat.

He entered the country illegally in 2018 and was subject to a deportation order in effect since 2019. At the time of his arrest, Aguilar had a loaded 9mm handgun in his vehicle.

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From left to right: Mohamed Sabry Soliman, Emiliano Garduno-Galvez, William Alexander Telles Amaya, Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, Eduardo Aguilar, Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte, Esteban Silva-Garcia. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; Boulder Police Department; ICE)

8. Sergio Noe of Nova Duarte – Hammer Kidnapping Attack

In Plano, Texas, ICE filed a complaint on November 17 against Sergio Noe of Nova Duarte, a Mexican illegal alien, who allegedly attacked an innocent woman jogging in a park with a hammer.

Plano police charged Duarte with aggravated kidnapping and bodily injury. He was previously arrested for burglary and theft in 2024 and was arrested by ICE, but was released under the Biden administration. He was scheduled to appear before an immigration judge in 2026.

He entered the United States on a tourist visa in 2016 and overstayed his visa.

9. Esteban Silva-Garcia – Pennsylvania strangulation and child endangerment

This month, ICE announced it had arrested Esteban Silva-Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico, following a conviction for strangulation, pressure on the throat or neck, and endangering the welfare of a child in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez was arrested and charged with murder and robbery on December 12. (Putnam County Sheriff’s Office)

10. Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez – New York taxi driver strangled to death

Just days before Christmas, DHS announced it had arrested Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez, a Guatemalan illegal immigrants accused of homicide and robbery. The agency said Vasquez-Ramirez strangled a taxi driver named Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez to death in Brewster, New York, following a dispute over fare.

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Zhunio-Orbez’s body was found days later, floating in Croton Falls Reservoir.

Vasquez-Ramirez entered the country illegally in 2013 and had been subject to a pending deportation order since 2016.