Illegal Alien from Honduras Arrested for Witness Tampering

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - An illegal alien from Honduras was arrested yesterday and charged with threatening the victim in a sexual exploitation case charged earlier this year in the Western District of Virginia.

Dania Orellana-Gamez, 20, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint and charged with one count of witness tampering. She made her initial court appearance today in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville.

Orellana-Gamez is the girlfriend of Bryan Sixto Arias-Chicas, who was charged in October 2025 with the May 2025 sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old Albemarle County, Virginia girl. Arias-Chicas is accused of getting the girl, Minor Victim 1 (MV1), so intoxicated that she could not walk and repeatedly having sex with her, as well as taking photos and videos of himself have sex with MV1. Gustavo Quintero was charged in January 2026 with the repeated sexual exploitation of MV1 in the months following the May 2025 sexual assault. In addition to sexual exploitation charges, Quintero has also been charged with assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.

According to court documents, in February 2026, Orellana-Gamez contacted MV1 via Facebook Messenger and began harassing and threatening her.

Orellana-Gamez told MV1 it was in her best interest to "keep quiet" and threatened to "upload all those videos and put your name on them," referring to the alleged videos that Arias-Chicas had recorded of the sexual assault of MV1.

Orellana-Gamez also threatened to post the videos "everywhere."

MV1 reported the contact to law enforcement and felt Orellana was attempting to scare her into not testifying in court.

First Assistant United States Attorney Robert N. Tracci and HSI Special Agent in Charge Eric Weindorf made the announcement

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Scheff is prosecuting the case.

A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.