ICE Washington, D.C. operation results in prison for Honduran sex offender who illegally reentered the United States

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Eliseo Garcia-Gordillo, 43, an illegally present Honduran national, received a two-year prison sentence Feb. 7 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria for illegally reentering the United States after deportation and for failing to register as a sex offender.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement previously arrested Garcia-Gordillo on three occasions and subsequently removed him from the U.S., and arrested him again in Prince William County on Oct. 8, 2024, after his most recent illegal re-entry.

“Not only did Eliseo Garcia-Gordillo display a blatant disregard for our immigration laws, but he also sexually abused a minor victim in Virginia,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C. acting Field Office Director Patrick Divver. “Garcia-Gordillo has proven to be a significant threat to our Virginia neighborhoods. ICE Washington, D.C., will not tolerate such threats to the residents of our communities. We will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing illegal alien threats to our neighbors.”

Garcia-Gordillo was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual battery of a victim under the age of 13 in Prince William County June 17, 2019. Garcia-Gordillo was required to register as a sex offender on a quarterly basis for the rest of his life and to keep his registration current, which he failed to do.

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