An illegal alien has been charged in Virginia with multiple counts of producing child pornography.
Gerson Gonzalez Hernandez, 24, of Honduras, was arrested and charged with 10 counts of child pornography and two counts of creating an unlawful video or still image of a minor, according to a report by Fox 5 DC.
The illegal photography charge is related to an incident that occurred in August 2019.
“Arrest warrants obtained by FOX 5 on Friday state that arrest warrants for child pornography charges were issued on February 8 and were related to the November 2023 crime,” the report explains. “The warrants also include the suspect's home address in Springfield, although neighbors who spoke with FOX 5 on Friday did not identify him.”
Enforcement and Removal Operations spokesman James Covington provided the station with the following statement:
“Gerson Djorkaeff Gonzalez Hernandez is a 24-year-old Honduran national who is unlawfully present. He was arrested by Fairfax County police on February 9 and charged with multiple felonies involving child sexual abuse material. ICE ERO in Washington, D.C. filed a detainer Immigration Detainer Gonzalez Hernandez was detained at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center after his arrest on February 9. As part of our mission to identify and arrest removable noncitizens, ERO advances immigration detainers against noncitizens who have been arrested for criminal activity and are being detained by law enforcement. governmental or local.
Detainers require state or local law enforcement agencies to maintain custody of the noncitizen for no more than 48 hours after the time the individual will be released, allowing ERO to assume custody for removal purposes in accordance with federal law.
Detainers are a critical public safety tool because they focus enforcement resources on noncitizens arrested for criminal activity. It increases the safety of all parties involved – ERO personnel, law enforcement officials, deportable non-citizens, and the public – by allowing the arrest to be conducted in a safe, controlled detention environment rather than generally being detained within the community. Since detainers result in the direct transfer of a noncitizen from state or local custody to ERO custody, they also reduce the individual's likelihood of reoffending.
The lack of cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials means that non-citizen criminals are released back into our communities with the opportunity to reoffend before they are caught by ERO.
ERO encourages our local partners to review their current policies that restrict information sharing and threaten public safety.
