An illegal immigrant with a violent past has been apprehended in the United States after evading capture for over ten years since committing a brutal crime in her home country.

Victoria Sorocean, originating from Moldova, was detained on November 4 in Los Angeles. Her arrest comes after she had been allowed entry into the U.S. during the Biden administration’s tenure.

The 40-year-old, previously convicted for a premeditated murder in September 2013, had fled to the United States. She managed to live discreetly until her initial arrest on January 10, 2020, under the Trump administration.

To avoid deportation, Sorocean exploited several legal loopholes, including filing for asylum and submitting multiple appeals with the Board of Immigration Appeals, as confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security.

Despite being released back into the U.S. two years ago under the Biden administration, her freedom was short-lived, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) successfully recaptured her last week.

Sorocean, who is described as a ‘barbaric criminal,’ and her unnamed accomplice tortured the victim inside an apartment in Moldova’s capital city Chisinau.

The pair beat the victim with a stick and an electrical cable, then threw them to their death out of a ninth-floor window. 

Sorocean was convicted and sentenced to 17 years for committing murder with premeditation and exceptional cruelty – but never served her time. 

Victoria Sorocean, an illegal immigrant from Moldova, has finally been arrested after she fled to the US after being convicted of torturing and murdering a victim in 2013

After her arrest during Trump’s first administration, Sorocean was released back into the US under former President Joe Biden. (Pictured: ICE agents in Camarillo, California in July) 

The killer was pictured handcuffed in the back of a federal vehicle – sporting blonde highlighted hair, a pink manicure, heavy eyeliner and a Converse T-shirt.

She gripped a water bottle in between her handcuffed hands and hung her head in shame. 

According to records, Sorocean was living at a three-bedroom home valued at $1.2 million in North Hollywood before she was apprehended by ICE last week.  

‘It shocks the conscience that the Biden Administration released into America a cruel, violent illegal alien who tortured a human being, beat them with an electrical cable and a stick, and then threw her victim from a ninth-floor window,’ DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said following Sorocean’s arrest. 

‘These are the types of barbaric criminal illegal aliens ICE is targeting every single day. 70% of all ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S. 

‘This does not even include foreign fugitives like this convicted murderer. 

‘Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, the world’s criminals are no longer welcome in the U.S.’ 

Sorocean will remain in ICE custody until her removal proceedings, the agency said. 

The Daily Mail contacted DHS, ICE and Sorocean’s attorney for comment. 

The Trump administration is in the midst of a record-breaking crackdown on illegal immigration, one of his key pledges during the 2024 presidential campaign. 

Last week, the number of detainees in ICE custody reached 66,000, the highest ever recorded. 

Pictured: A street view of the home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, that Sorocean was living in before she was arrested by ICE 

ICE’s detainee population has surged nearly 70 percent since Trump began his second term in January, when around 39,000 people were being held.

The current total surpasses the previous peak of about 56,000 detainees in 2019 during Trump’s first term, according to data analyzed by researchers at Syracuse University. 

But it is actually President Barack Obama’s administration that holds the record for most deportations.

During his two terms from 2009 and 2016, Obama removed roughly 3 million people from the US, earning him the nickname ‘Deporter-in-Chief’ among immigration critics.

Deportations peaked in 2012, when around 409,000 people were removed. 

By comparison, Trump is estimated to have deported around 1.5million people during his first term.