ICE nabs migrant in Va. after officials drop child-abduction charges against him: Calamitous hazard

A criminal migrant who illegally crossed into the US from Honduras was nabbed by ICE agents last week when Virginian authorities abruptly dropped attempted-child-abduction charges against him.Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez, 26, was taken into federal custody Friday — soon after a Fairfax County judge refused to sign off on his guilty-plea deal tied to the June 2023 kiddie-abduction ordeal, with the jurist citing evidence issues.The doomed deal forced prosecutors to ultimately dismiss the charges against the previously accused flasher and convicted violent thief.“Though the court saw fit to drop his most recent charges, Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez has been convicted of numerous crimes in Virginia and represents a calamitous hazard to our Virginia residents,” said Russell Hott, director of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations’ Washington, DC, field office, in a statement.Baquedano-Rodriguez, who already has a lengthy rap sheet in the US, had been accused of trying to snatch a 4-year-old girl from her bed in a violent home invasion.He was hit with charges of abduction of a person with intent to defile and burglary: entering a house to murder, rape, after prints found of the little girl’s window matched his.Still, the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office dropped the charges late last week after a judge declined to accept a plea deal, which would have seen Baquedano-Rodriguez cop to the crime in exchange for a two-year sentence, NBC4 reported.“The allegations in this case are deeply concerning,” a rep for the attorney’s office said.“Unfortunately, there were multiple evidentiary issues with this case, and when the judge was presented with these facts, she declined to accept the plea agreement, which we viewed as the best opportunity for accountability.We are disappointed in the judge’s decision.”Baquedano-Rodriguez was first nabbed by Border Patrol agents in August 2018 when he illegally crossed into the US near Yuma, Ariz., ICE said.A f...