Rick Martinez Lopez/Guatemala/Rape of a Child, Sexual Abuse of a Child

Rick Martinez Lopez, a Guatemalan national, is a convicted child rapist and registered sex offender with multiple prior convictions for sexually assaulting a child in Virginia.

His record includes at least one conviction for sexual assault of a child and another for failing to register as a sex offender, along with a probation violation tied to those underlying offenses, marking him as a repeat, high‑risk predator.​

After a recent local arrest in Richmond, ICE lodged an immigration detainer requesting that the jail hold Martinez Lopez for transfer to federal custody, but local authorities ignored the detainer and released him back into the community.

ICE officers later re‑apprehended him on October 14 and placed him into immigration detention, with DHS officials publicly condemning sanctuary-style policies that allowed “a convicted pedophile, registered sex offender, illegal alien” to walk free despite his history of predatory crimes against children.