ICE nabs Moldovan illegal immigrant, convicted murderer freed under Biden admin | 11 Nov 2025 | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the arrest of a Moldovan illegal immigrant and convicted killer who tortured and threw a victim out of a ninth-floor window. Victoria Sorocean was taken into custody in Los Angeles on Nov. 4 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after authorities learned she had been convicted of premeditated murder with exceptional cruelty in 2013, ICE told Fox News on Tuesday. According to DHS, Sorocean and an accomplice tortured their victim inside an apartment in Chisinau, Moldova, beating the person with a stick and electrical cable before throwing the victim out a ninth-floor window. She was sentenced to 17 years in prison but fled the country to avoid serving her sentence. Sorocean was first arrested by ICE on Jan. 10, 2020, under the Trump administration, but she later filed multiple legal appeals and asylum claims to delay removal, DHS said. Officials said she was ultimately released back into the U.S. in 2022 under the Biden administration.