Overview
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took Victoria Sorocean into custody in Los Angeles on November 4 and she remains detained pending removal proceedings.
- Moldovan court records show she was convicted in 2013 of premeditated murder with exceptional cruelty and sentenced to 17 years after a victim was tortured and thrown from a ninth-floor window.
- Authorities say Sorocean acted with an accomplice who was also convicted in the same killing.
- ICE records indicate she was first detained in January 2020, pursued asylum claims and appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals, and was released into the U.S. in 2022 before being re-arrested this month.
- DHS public statements this week highlighted the arrest and cited enforcement statistics, as officials coordinate with Moldovan authorities for her return to serve the sentence.