ICE Arrest Detainer for Criminal Alien Charged with Murder in Fairfax County
Summary
ICE lodged an arrest detainer requesting Fairfax County officials not release Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy—a criminal alien from Guatemala charged with second degree murder in connection with a fatal stabbing in Fairfax County, Virginia. The detainer was lodged on March 30, 2026, one day after the victim was killed. This incident follows another fatal stabbing of Stephanie Minter by a criminal illegal alien in Fredericksburg one month prior.
What changed
ICE issued an arrest detainer on March 30, 2026 for Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, who was arrested by Fairfax County Police and charged with second degree murder for fatally stabbing a man. DHS publicly called on Virginia Governor Spanberger and Fairfax County sanctuary politicians to honor the detainer and not release the individual.
No compliance actions are required from regulated entities. This press release is informational, highlighting ICE's enforcement posture regarding criminal aliens in jurisdictions with sanctuary policies. Law enforcement agencies and immigration counsel should be aware of increased federal focus on detainer compliance in sanctuary jurisdictions.
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ICE Asks Governor Spanberger and Fairfax Sanctuary Politicians to Not Release Criminal Illegal Alien Who Stabbed Man to Death in Fairfax
Release Date: March 31, 2026
This incident comes just one month after Stephanie Minter was stabbed to death by another criminal illegal alien at a bus stop in Fredericksburg
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer requesting Fairfax County sanctuary politicians not to release Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy—a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala—who Fairfax County Police Department arrested on second degree murder charges in Fairfax County, Virginia.
On March 30, 2026, detectives arrested Chavarria Muy in connection to a fatal stabbing of a man the day prior. According to local reports, officers found a man with multiple stab wounds inside a home in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. The male victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy
Chavarria Muy is illegally in the U.S. and entered at an unknown place and time.
“ *Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was charged with second degree murder after repeatedly stabbing a man to death in Fairfax County. ICE is calling on Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger and Virginia's sanctuary politicians to not release this murderer back into our communities,”* said **Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “This incident comes just one month after an innocent woman was murdered by another criminal illegal alien at a bus stop in Spanberger’s state. Open-border policies yet again have caused another preventable tragedy.”
This incident comes one month after another tragedy where ICE lodged a detainer requesting that Virginia not release a career criminal illegal alien with more than 30 arrests who was charged for fatally stabbing a woman in the neck at a bus stop in Fredericksburg.
Fairfax County has a history of refusing to honor immigration detainers. In late 2025, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador killed a man just a day after a Fairfax County jail failed to honor an immigration detainer ICE had placed on him.
Governor Spanberger signed an executive order that prohibits local and state law enforcement from working with ICE. The executive order repeals the prior order from her Republican predecessor, Governor Glenn Youngkin, which allowed local and state law enforcement to work with ICE.
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