Suspect Accused of Beheading a Marine Figure on the Iwo Jima Monument Near Quantico Is Granted Bond
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, a Mexican national whose DACA status lapsed in August, faces three felony counts. A Prince William County judge granted bond Monday. His next court date has not been set.
The man accused of attacking the Iwo Jima monument near Marine Corps Base Quantico is out on bond, Fox News reports.
The ruling. Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was granted bond Monday morning in Prince William County Circuit Court. Fox says his next court date is expected to be scheduled soon. The report does not give the bond amount or its conditions.
The charges. He faces felony destruction of property, trespass with intent to damage property and felony injury to a monument.
The allegation. Prince William County police say officers arrived about 10:13 p.m. on Oct. 21 and found him striking the monument with a sledgehammer. Authorities say the limestone sculpture was badly damaged, including the complete removal of one Marine figure's head, and that other figures raising the flag were hit too. Police estimate the repair bill at hundreds of thousands of dollars.
His status. Federal sources told Fox earlier that Maldonado Soriano entered the U.S. illegally in December 1999 and received DACA in 2014 under the Obama administration. The Biden administration extended it in 2024. It expired in August 2026 and the Trump administration did not renew it.
The monument. The 9-foot statue shows the 1945 flag-raising on Mount Suribachi. It was made by Felix de Weldon, who later created the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
Note for readers: Maldonado Soriano is charged, not convicted. The report does not say whether immigration authorities have lodged a hold or what the court's bond terms are.