CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A woman from Honduras has been arrested and charged with witness tampering in connection with her boyfriend’s sexual exploitation of a minor case.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office reported 20-year-old Dania Orellana-Gamez, an undocumented immigrant, was arrested and charged Wednesday.

She’s accused of threatening the 16-year-old victim of Bryan Sixto Arias-Chicas, who was charged last October with the May 2025 sexual exploitation of the girl.

The government alleges Arias-Chicas got the girl so intoxicated that she could not walk, then repeatedly having sex with her as well as taking videos and photos of the acts.

An alleged cohort, Gustavo Quintero, was charged this past January with repeated sexual exploitation of the victim after May 2025 as well as assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.

According to court documents, the U.S. Attorney’s release said, “In February 2026, Orellana-Gamez contacted (the victim) via Facebook Messenger and began harassing and threatening her.”

“Orellana-Gamez told (the victim) 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 videos that Arias-Chicas had recorded of the sexual assault. … Orellana-Gamez also threatened to post the videos “everywhere”

The release said, “(The victim) reported the contact to law enforcement and felt Orellana was attempting to scare her into not testifying in court.”