El Salvadorian illegal immigrant accused of killing Virginia mother, federal sources say
Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin has details on the arrest of Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador suspected of brutally stabbing a woman in Virginia, on ‘Special Report.’
The man accused of stabbing a Virginia mother to death in Fairfax County is an immigrant in the country illegally who was admitted by the Biden administration, a federal source tells Fox News.
Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, a 19-year-old Salvadoran national, was caught and released at the southern border during the Biden administration. The source said Cedillos-Campos was allowed into the U.S. at El Paso, Texas, in April 2024.
"[Former President Joe] Biden and [former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas hand-delivered alleged killer Cedillos-Campos to the streets of Fairfax County. 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. "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 in connection with Monday's stabbing death of 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch. 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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Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos (right), a 19-year-old illegal immigrant accused of stabbing Fairfax County woman Carmen Lizet Puch to death, was allowed into the country under the administration of former President Joe Biden (left), according to a federal source. (Scott Olson/Getty Images; Courtesy of federal source)
A jogger spotted Puch unconscious just off a popular trail in the affluent Northern Virginia suburb. When police arrived, they found stab wounds on her body and saw that the victim had been doused in gasoline. She was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
"The way that she was treated by this killer was reprehensible, to say the least," said Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis, who confirmed at a news conference that the two had an intimate relationship and worked together.
"We have video footage of our suspect at the restaurant where he worked with our victim arming himself with a fixed blade knife, taking a pair of black latex gloves, taking a water bottle, and then off he goes with the intent to do harm and kill the victim," Davis said.
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.
Puch was from Reston, a suburb of Washington, D.C. She was the mother of a young daughter and worked at a nearby restaurant, according to NBC Washington. The outlet reported that "people who knew her … said she was soft-spoken and worked hard to support her young daughter."
After the jogger called police at about 6:45 a.m. Monday, officers found Puch lying beside her car. NBC Washington reported that sources familiar with the investigation said she was stabbed inside the car.
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.
Carmen Lizet Puch, 42, was found fatally stabbed Monday in the parking lot of Difficult Run Park in Great Falls, Va., according to police. (Facebook/Carmen Lizet Puch)
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.
Fox News Digital also reported on several homicides and other violent crimes involving immigrants in the country illegally in Fairfax County earlier this year.
Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger has faced criticism over immigration enforcement policies affecting immigrants in the country illegally.
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. 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.
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. "The Biden administration released this illegal alien MURDERER into our country."
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.
