U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed an arrest detainer on Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia, a Honduran national accused of stabbing a man with a large knife on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the action following charges of first-degree murder against Solorzano-Garcia.
According to DHS, Solorzano-Garcia’s record includes arrests for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, destroying evidence, resisting arrest, using false identification, as well as convictions for robbery and illegal re-entry into the United States.
“This heinous stabbing by this twice removed illegal alien should have NEVER happened. ICE lodged an arrest detainer to ensure Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia is not released back into North Carolina neighborhoods. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the county will honor the detainer since they have a history of not cooperating with ICE,” said Secretary Kristi Noem. “Under President Trump, ICE is being unleashed to ensure public safety for all Americans. Make no mistake: We will not rest until every depraved criminal illegal alien is removed from our communities.”
Solorzano-Garcia was previously ordered removed from the country by an immigration judge in 2018 and deported that same year during the Trump administration. He was apprehended after crossing the border illegally again in 2021 and subsequently deported once more. Authorities believe he entered the United States illegally for a third time at an unknown date and location.
DHS recently began Operation Charlotte’s Web in North Carolina to address criminal noncitizens residing in areas where local policies limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The department stated that nearly 1,400 ICE detainers have gone unhonored across North Carolina due to these sanctuary policies, resulting in individuals being released into local communities.
