Immigration officers caught up with an alleged child sex predator accused of “disgusting and horrifying crimes,” including aggravated sexual battery and illicit filming of a naked minor, after he was freed last year in Fairfax County, Virginia, authorities said.
The suspect, Oscar Evaristo Nunez, is an illegal alien from Honduras who was on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s radar after being released from jail in August 2025. Local corrections officials refused to honor an ICE detainer and let him go.
Nunez is accused of preying on his own child and was charged with aggravated sexual battery of a parent with a child and other child sex crimes in 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.
DEGENERATE DETAINED.
On September 15, @ICEgov arrested Oscar Evaristo Nunez, an illegal alien from Honduras, who had previously been charged for filming an undressed minor and TWO counts of aggravated sexual battery of a victim under 13 years old.
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— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 30, 2026
ICE Washington, D.C., arrested him Sept. 15 during a targeted enforcement operation more than a year after Fairfax County authorities turned him loose in the community.
“Oscar Evaristo Nunez is charged with some disgusting and horrifying crimes and represents a significant threat to the members of our Northern Virginia communities,” ICE Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Robert Guadian said. “When local officials refuse to work with ICE and honor our detainers, they are prioritizing politics over the safety of their neighborhoods.”
Nunez’s release is the latest case involving illegal immigrants to make headlines in Virginia, where Gov. Spanberger reversed many of the policies of the former Republican governor.
“Another criminal illegal alien has been taken off the streets by the brave men and women of ICE, with no help from sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
DHS and Republicans in Congress have repeatedly called out the state’s sanctuary policies and shocking violent crime in the state. In a DHS news release, the agency recapped nearly 25 cases involving illegal immigrants since Spanberger took office in January.
Besides her executive directives ending Gov. Glenn Youngkin-era cooperation with ICE, Spanberger also backed a law restricting cooperative agreements between local authorities and DHS. A George H.W. Bush-appointed judge temporarily blocked the law last month.
DHS officials also blasted county leaders, including Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano and Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, over what they describe as a lax approach to prosecuting illegal immigrants and cooperating with federal authorities, Fox News reported.
According to DHS, Nunez was arrested Aug. 27, 2025, and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery of a victim younger than 13 years old. He was also charged with aggravated sexual battery: parent with child 13-17 years old and two counts involving filming or videotaping an undressed minor without consent.
ICE lodged a detainer for Nunez with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center Aug. 29, 2025.
Despite his alleged crimes, Fairfax County authorities released Nunez without notifying ICE.
WJLA 7News reported the allegations have not been established as convictions and it’s unclear the current status of the criminal charges.
Nunez illegally entered the United States near Arizona in or around September 2003, DHS officials said. Nunez will remain in ICE custody pending the outcome of criminal and immigration proceedings.
“Once again, ICE did the job that these heartless sanctuary politicians won’t do: enforce the law and protect American lives,” Mullin said. “DHS is calling on Gov. Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to stop putting the needs of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people.”
While Nunez remains in ICE custody, his criminal proceedings continue in absentia in Fairfax County, a spokesperson for Descano’s office told Fox News. Nunez’s plea hearing was moved to Nov. 5.
The spokesperson told Fox News the agency “stalled our ability to seek justice in this case and further delayed the [victim’s] family’s ability to get the closure they deserve” by taking him into custody “during an active prosecution.”
