WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Woodbridge man was sentenced Monday to hundreds of years in prison for several crimes, including the drugging and sexual assault of several underage girls.
WUSA9 first reported on the case in January 2023, when then-35-year-old Balmore Alexander Ortiz Guardado was arrested. He would later plead guilty to 14 charges, including three counts of rape, seven counts of distribution of a Schedule I or II to a minor, and one count of possession of child pornography.
According to the Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy Ashworth, a judge sentenced Guardado to six life sentences plus 215 years of incarceration, with 179 years suspended (35 years of mandatory time).
While the guidelines recommend a sentence within 35 to 86 years, the judge cited her reasons included “the violence of the crimes, the number of victims and the effect [of the crimes] on the victims, the use of a firearm, and the recommendation of the Commonwealth.”
Guardado will also be required to register with the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.
“The Defendant engaged in a pattern of grooming the victims by initially giving them Percocet laced with fentanyl, in exchange for money and gradually escalated to providing drugs for free in order to sexually abuse them," said Commonwealth’s Attorney Amy Ashworth. "This calculated manipulation demonstrated a clear intent to exploit the vulnerabilities of the victims for his personal satisfaction. It doesn’t get much worse. Our hearts go out to these victims and their families who will forever struggle to recover from the pain inflicted by Mr. Ortiz Guardado and we are grateful for the justice we were able to obtain on their behalf.”
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