JUST IN: Criminal Illegal Alien ARRESTED In Virginia After Trying to Steal Officer’s Gun

A violent illegal alien in Virginia has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a police officer and trying to take his gun.

Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas from Honduras was shot by the officer in self-defense before being taken to the hospital, and then subsequently jailed.

This dangerous illegal immigrant was let into our country under the Biden administration in 2022.

Now, ICE has filed a detainer to stop Fuentes-Banegas from being released back onto the streets.

Reporter Nick Minock broke the news in a video clip:

🚨New: DHS told me the man who tried to violently disarm a Fairfax County police officer this week is an illegal immigrant.

The suspect is Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas. DHS told WJLA he’s from Honduras and that he entered the United States illegally through Texas in 2022. DHS… pic.twitter.com/97hYScADo9

— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) July 30, 2026

Later, Homeland Security confirmed:

Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas, a BIDEN-RELEASED illegal alien, tried to VIOLENTLY DISARM a police officer in Virginia.
@GovernorVA must commit to NOT RELEASING this dangerous criminal from jail and cooperate with @ICEgov. https://t.co/NneAxkhjWL pic.twitter.com/na4z1Y9Ibl

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 31, 2026

The violent altercation occurred after police officers responded to a domestic violence call involving a man wielding knives.

Fox News shared more details of the incident that led up to the arrest:

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), officers responded to a report of a man who left a home in Annandale following an argument while allegedly armed with two knives.

Fairfax County police said the man also stabbed himself before leaving the residence and fleeing into a nearby wooded area.

As officers searched a wooded area, Fuentes-Banegas allegedly emerged from the brush, grabbed an officer’s firearm and attempted to disarm the officer, DHS said.

Fairfax County police said one officer fired his service weapon while a second officer simultaneously deployed a department-issued Taser. The bullet grazed Fuentes-Banegas’ shoulder, police said.

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Fuentes-Banegas was arrested and charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer. ICE has lodged a detainer requesting that Fairfax County notify federal authorities before his release.

According to DHS, Fuentes-Banegas entered the United States illegally through Texas in 2022 and was later released under the Biden administration.

As it turns out, this isn’t Fuentes-Banegas’ first run-in with the law.

He has a lengthy record of driving recklessly and without a license:

Fuentes Banegas likes to drive unsafe. Here’s six No Drivers Licenses and a Reckless driving. Last one was July 3rd pic.twitter.com/19Lpq5W5l8

— Virginians for Safe Communities (VSC) (@VA4SafeComm) July 30, 2026

It’s ridiculous that this hooligan wasn’t deported from our country a long time ago.

But, under the state’s new far-left Gov. Abigail Spanberger, criminal illegal aliens like Fuentes-Banegas have been allowed to run wild.

A DHS press release detailed further:

“This criminal illegal alien from Honduras attacked a law enforcement officer and attempted to take the officer’s gun,” said Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “He has now been charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer. ICE is calling on Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this dangerous criminal from jail. Governor Spanberger’s sanctuary policies have made the Commonwealth a magnet for illegal alien crime.”

Fuentes-Banegas illegally entered the United States through Texas in 2022. The Biden Administration then RELEASED him into the country.

During her first days in office, Governor Spanberger signed executive orders banning state cooperation with ICE as well as terminating 287(g) state and local agreements.

Under Governor Spanberger, Virginia has become a hotbed of illegal alien crime. Some of the recent illegal alien crimes in the sanctuary state include:

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In July, ICE arrested Raul Genesis Ortiz Moran, an illegal alien from Mexico, after he was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated sexual battery in the death of a 2-year-old girl in Louisa County, Virginia.

In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Juan Arevalo Mendez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, after he was arrested for charges of rape and abduction in Fairfax County, Virginia.

In June, an ICE investigation led to the sentencing of Samuel Flores de Dios, an illegal alien from Mexico, to 30 years in prison on charges of production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Moises Domingo Rico Rosales, an illegal alien from Nicaragua, after he had been arrested for abduction of person with intent to defile and indecent exposure in Annandale, Virginia.

In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Jose Nahun Aleman Hernandez, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was charged with molesting a 5-year-old girl in Woodbridge, Virginia.

In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Cristian Wilfredo Alvarenga Aguilar, an illegal alien charged with carjacking, abduction, assault, and robbery in Herndon, Virginia.

In May, Aroldo Santos-Velasques, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was sentenced in Loudoun County to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.

In May, ICE lodged a detainer for Cristian Romero Saenz-Argueta, an illegal alien from El Salvador, who was arrested in Prince William County, Virginia and charged with raping a girl under the age of 15.

In May, ICE lodged a detainer for Jorge Enrique Garcia-Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was arrested in Franklin County, Virginia and charged with forcible intercourse with a victim under the age of 13 and SIX counts of possession of child pornography.

In May, ICE arrested Eduardo Perez-Legra, an illegal alien from Cuba with prior felony convictions for drug trafficking and cocaine possession, in Newport News, Virginia.

In May, ICE arrested Walvin Victor Hugo Garcia, an illegal alien from Guatemala, after he was released by sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County despite facing charges of raping a child under the age of 13.

In May, ICE arrested Josue Saul Garcia-Lopez, an illegal alien from El Salvador and MS-13 gang member, in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

In April, Roni Mendez-Escobar, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE after previously being released by Fairfax County, despite being charged with possession of child porn with intent to distribute.

In April, ICE lodged a detainer asking sanctuary politicians in Arlington County to not release Luzvin Orvando Garcia Moran, an illegal alien from Guatemala, after he was arrested for attempted rape.

In April, Israel Christopher Flores-Ortiz, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, was convicted for NINE counts of assault and battery after he groped multiple underage girls at a high school in Fairfax County.

In April, the Fairfax County District Attorney’s Office offered an insane plea deal of just 5 years to two illegal aliens who murdered a man at a park and walking trail in Oakton, Virginia in July of 2024.

In April, Misael Lopez Gomez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested and charged with murder and felony child abuse after bludgeoning his own 3-month-old daughter to death in Fairfax County.

In March, Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested and charged with second degree murder after fatally stabbing a man inside his home in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia.

In February, Abdul Jalloh, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone with more than 30 prior arrests, was charged with murder after fatally stabbing 41-year-old Stephanie Minter at a bus stop in Hybla Valley, Virginia.