# Illegal immigrant accused of beheading Iwo Jima monument granted bond

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-beheading-iwo-jima-monument-granted-bond/
- Published: 2026-10-26T20:24:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T22:04:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-accused-beheading-iwo-jima-monument-granted-bond
- Topics: Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- A Virginia court granted bond to a man accused of damaging an Iwo Jima monument.
- Police say a Marine figure’s head was removed with a sledgehammer.
- Repairs are expected to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

## Summary

Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was granted bond in a Virginia court after being accused of damaging an Iwo Jima monument near Marine Corps Base Quantico. The case concerns extensive damage to a memorial depicting Marines raising the American flag during the Second World War battle.

Police say they found him striking the limestone sculpture with a sledgehammer at about 10.13pm on 21 October. The nine-foot statue lost one Marine figure’s head, and other figures were damaged; repairs are estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. He faces felony charges of property destruction and injury to a monument, as well as trespass with intent to damage property, and is expected to return to court.

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