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· collected 2026-08-20 · by Peter Pinedo, Jasmine Baehr, Bill Melugin
A 19-year-old Salvadoran national, Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, allegedly fatally stabbed a 42-year-old mother, Carmen Lizet Puch, in Fairfax County, Virginia. According to federal sources, Cedillos-Campos was caught and released at the southern border during the Biden administration and allowed into the US in April 2022. The incident is part of a pattern of violent crimes involving immigrants in the country illegally who were admitted under the Biden administration in Fairfax County. Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger has faced criticism over her handling of crime involving immigrants in the country illegally, including this case.
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Story summary
Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, a 19-year-old Salvadoran national, was released at the southern border by the Biden administration in April 2024 and allowed to enter the US, despite being an immigrant in the country illegally. He is now being held in the Prince George's County jail after being arrested for allegedly stabbing Carmen Lizet Puch, a 42-year-old mother from Fairfax County, who died on Monday. The incident has sparked criticism of the Biden administration's immigration policies, with some accusing them of recklessly releasing unvetted immigrants into American communities. According to DHS, under President Trump and Secretary Markwayne Mullin, they are now enforcing the law and arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in the country. The Biden administration is accused of having a "deadly catch and release policy" that has led to such incidents.
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The man allegedly behind the stabbing death of a Virginia mother in Fairfax County is an immigrant in the country illegally who was admitted by the Biden administration, a federal source tells Fox News.
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Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, a 19-year-old Salvadoran national, was caught and released at the southern border during the Biden administration.
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The source said Cedillos-Campos was allowed into the U.S. in El Paso, Texas, in April 2024.
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[former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas hand-delivered alleged killer Cedillos-Campos to the streets of Fairfax County.
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They recklessly unleashed millions of unvetted illegal aliens into American communities and abused the law to do so," DHS said in a statement to Fox News.
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"President [Donald] Trump and [DHS] Secretary Markwayne Mullin are now enforcing the law, arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country — and have reversed Biden's deadly catch and release policy."
Fairfax County Police arrested Cedillos-Campos Wednesday on charges in connection with Monday's stabbing death of 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch.
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He is being held in the Prince George's County jail pending extradition to Fairfax County, where he faces a second-degree murder charge, according to police.
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A jogger spotted Puch unconscious just off a popular trail in the affluent Northern Virginia suburb.
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She had trauma to her upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene, Fairfax County Police Capt. Jason Chandler said during a news conference.
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Fairfax County, one of the most affluent counties in America, has seen a series of violent and sexual crimes involving immigrants in the country illegally, including several who were admitted under the Biden administration.
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She was the mother of a young daughter and worked at a nearby restaurant, according to NBC Washington.
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The outlet reported that "people who knew her … said she was soft-spoken and worked hard to support her young daughter.
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After a jogger called police at about 6:45 a.m. Monday, officers found Puch lying beside her vehicle.
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NBC Washington reported that sources familiar with the investigation said she was stabbed inside the vehicle.
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Puch is not the only Fairfax County victim of violent crime involving an immigrant in the country illegally who was admitted under the Biden administration.
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One case involved 18-year-old Salvadoran immigrant Israel Flores Ortiz, who entered the country illegally in 2024, and was convicted this year of assault and battery involving the groping of several underage girls at Fairfax High School.
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Fox News Digital also reported on several homicides and other violent crimes involving immigrants in the country illegally in Fairfax County earlier this year.
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Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger has faced criticism over her handling of crime involving immigrants in the country illegally.
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On her first day in office, Spanberger rescinded an executive order by her predecessor, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, that directed state law enforcement agencies to assist federal immigration authorities.
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She also ordered state and local law enforcement agencies to terminate all 287(g) agreements with ICE and signed an order prohibiting ICE from using state property as a staging area, processing location or operations base for federal civil immigration enforcement activities.
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On Wednesday, the White House blamed the Biden administration's immigration policies for Cedillos-Campos' presence in the country.
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"This brutal killing of this mother was 100% preventable," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News.
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"The Biden administration released this illegal alien MURDERER into our country."
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Bis added that "extreme Democrat politicians' open border policies have consequences," pointing to murders, rapes and other violent crimes committed against Americans.
Fox News Digital reached out to Biden and Spanberger for comment.
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