00:00This guy's name is Juan Aravello Mendez. He's got a rap sheet as long as your arm. We mentioned he
00:04was twice deported. He is now charged with, we'll put it up here, rape, strong arm and kidnapping an adult
00:09with intent to sexually assault. DHS is calling on Fairfax County not to release this guy. Rape in Fairfax County
00:17is a bondable crime. The bond might be difficult, but Fairfax County has got a troubling history of letting offenders
00:25like this back out in the streets.
00:26Yeah, exactly. A troubling history of letting them out on a bond, a troubling history of dropping charges on very
00:31serious charges and putting them back in the community just like this guy was. The good news here, unlike some
00:37of these cases, he's been deported before and charged with the illegal reentry after being deported.
00:42Which is a felony.
00:43A federal felony, which the good news is the federal government can now charge him with a criminal offense. And
00:48at least under the Fairfax policies, they turn people over on criminal offenses. But if they didn't do that, make
00:54that distinction, they'd release him back on the streets.
00:57And remember, before this rape occurred, which occurred in September of last year, 2025, he had been arrested or stopped
01:04by police multiple times before that. So if they had just simply turned him over on ice before that, this
01:09rape wouldn't have happened. And also a subsequent case in January, which incidentally was dismissed, where he fled police and
01:15there was also an abduction case, things of that nature would have never happened. And we've seen so many of
01:22these.
