FOX 5 is reporting Thursday that U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has detainers for four adults arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of 15-year-old Damaris Alexandria Reyes Rivas, whose badly decomposed body was found Saturday near an industrial park in the Springfield area of Fairfax County. Six juveniles have also been arrested.
#BREAKING: ICE has detainers for all 4 adults involved in Gaithersburg murder: Cindy, Jose, Wilmer & Aldair. https://t.co/RtQglueSCG pic.twitter.com/IHDKk2vUt6
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) February 16, 2017
#BREAKING @ICEgov has detainers for Cindy Hernandez, Wilmer Sanchez-Serrano & Aldair Miranda Carcamo. All involved in Gaithersburg murder.
— Alexandra Limon (@AlexLimonNews) February 16, 2017
#BREAKING @ICEgov tells me they just obtained detainer for 4th adult suspect, Jose Castillo Rivas, in murder of Gaithersburg teen @fox5dc https://t.co/D9lL6Vzmpx
— Alexandra Limon (@AlexLimonNews) February 16, 2017
What this means is they are EITHER in US illegally OR violated the terms of their legal status. So not necessarily all undocumented @fox5dc https://t.co/cA1WBUDBc6
— Alexandra Limon (@AlexLimonNews) February 16, 2017
It's really heartless for ICE to separate murderous gang-members from their families. https://t.co/c9ARIl5j7c
— Jason (@jasonelevation) February 16, 2017
Police say the victim was held against her will, taken to Lake Accotink Park, and assaulted before she was killed and her body left nearby sometime early in January. Representatives of several agencies involved in the investigation, including ICE Homeland Security Investigations, held a press conference Thursday afternoon, where they announced murder charges against five of the suspects.
#DEVELOPING: 5 suspects facing murder charges in death of 15-year-old girlhttps://t.co/RtQglueSCG #fox5dc
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) February 16, 2017
.@fairfaxpolice: info from Prince William Co. murder & missing teen girls in Fairfax led to solving Rivas murder case pic.twitter.com/5FwmNzl2W8
— Jeff Goldberg (@livewirejeffg) February 16, 2017
Huge law enforcement presence at press conf on the murder of 15 yo Gaithersburg girl. They say parents need to be looking for signs of gangs pic.twitter.com/2uKYXZwiQF
— Alexandra Limon (@AlexLimonNews) February 16, 2017
Chief Roessler shares info on murder of 15-year-old girl in Springfield area. Several agencies here to share additional info pic.twitter.com/6ruzKGp3BQ
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) February 16, 2017
.@fairfaxpolice announce murder charges against 5 suspects (2 adults & 3 teens) in death of 15 year old Damaris Alexnadra Reyes Rivas
— Jeff Goldberg (@livewirejeffg) February 16, 2017
.@fairfaxpolice Chief Roessler will not say exactly how Rivas was killed, only that it was "brutal…savage".
— Jeff Goldberg (@livewirejeffg) February 16, 2017
Investigators say the murder was related to gang activity. Although police chose not to name the gang, FOX 5 claims it is MS-13, which the victim’s mother confirmed in an interview. She told WUSA she brought her daughter from El Salvador to Gaithersburg, Md., trying to get her away from a gang.
Missed this on CNN too.
— P. Fiddy (@Ease_Private) February 16, 2017
@RealSallyKonn these poor innocent dreamers. We are soooo cruel. Maybe we could ship them to California?
— David Reynolds ?? (@1DavidReynolds) February 16, 2017
As Twitchy reported, ICE has taken a beating in the press this week over a number of arrests, including the arrest of a 23-year-old DACA recipient, which led Rep. Nancy Pelosi to repeat her claim that DREAMers “represent the best of America.” Further, the detention of a woman who had gone to a courthouse to file a domestic abuse report was called “evil” and “unconscionably terrible.”
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Top Democrats demand immediate release of DACA recipient arrested by ICE agents https://t.co/kNAGMyYJzC
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 16, 2017
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