U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegally present Guatemalan gang member with an extensive history of criminal activity that includes a multitude of charges and convictions for assault and battery, burglary, credit card fraud, trespassing and drug crimes.
Officers with ICE Washington, D.C., arrested Mykol Santos-Santos, 25, in Fairfax on May 12, after the Fairfax County Adult Detention Centre refused to honour ICE’s 16th immigration detainer lodged against him.
Santos-Santos resisted the arrest heavily, resulting in the injury of an ICE officer.
U.S. Border Patrol arrested Santos-Santos on July 11, 2014, after he illegally entered the United States near Hidalgo, Texas. Border Patrol officials issued him a notice to appear before a Justice Department immigration judge.
ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Santos-Santos July 17, 2018, during a targeted enforcement operation in Annandale, Virginia.
On January 2, 2019, a Justice Department immigration judge granted him an $8,000 immigration bond.
On June 30, 2023, a Justice Department immigration judge ordered Santos-Santos removed from the United States to Guatemala.
Between February 20, 2020, and May 8, 2025, Fairfax County Police arrested Santos-Santos at least 30 times and charged him with crimes including assault and battery, drug possession, drug possession with intent to distribute, burglary, theft, larceny, trespassing, property damage, obstruction of justice, attempting to flee police, failure to appear and violating court orders.
Between June 17, 2022, and May 12, 2025, ICE Washington, D.C. lodged 16 separate immigration detainers against him with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. The facility ignored all 16 detainers and released Santos-Santos back into the community on each occasion.
