A convicted murderer from Moldova, previously released into the U.S. interior by the Biden administration, has been re-arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles. Victoria Sorocean, an illegal alien wanted in her home country for a brutal torture and murder, was taken into custody by ICE on November 4.
Sorocean was convicted in Moldova for a gruesome 2013 crime in which she and an accomplice tortured a victim by beating them with a stick and an electrical cable. The two then threw the victim out of a ninth-floor window in Chisinau, Moldova’s capital. She was sentenced to 17 years in prison but fled to the United States to avoid serving her sentence.
ICE initially arrested Sorocean in January 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term. However, after she filed multiple asylum claims and legal appeals, the Biden administration released her in 2022 from Department of Homeland Security custody—despite her violent criminal history and international fugitive status.
“It shocks the conscience that the Biden Administration released into America a cruel, violent illegal alien who tortured a human being,” said DHS official Tricia McLaughlin in a statement. She emphasized that such foreign fugitives pose serious threats and that ICE remains focused on protecting the public.
Currently held by ICE, Sorocean is awaiting deportation back to Moldova to serve her prison sentence. Her arrest is part of the agency’s daily efforts to remove dangerous illegal aliens, many of whom have committed crimes either in the U.S. or abroad.
ICE officials noted that 70% of their arrests involve individuals charged with or convicted of crimes in the United States, not including international fugitives like Sorocean.
