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ICE Requests Missouri Not Release Monstrous Illegal Alien Who Murdered 15-Year-Old Boy

Release Date: April 9, 2026
Miles Young’s final words before being shot were “I just don’t want to die”

WASHINGTON – Today, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued an arrest detainer for an illegal alien who reportedly targeted and lured a 15-year-old boy to his death in a vicious ambush in Missouri.

Authorities in Greene County, Missouri, conducted a two-week manhunt to locate and arrest Yefry Archaga-Elvir, an 18-year-old illegal alien from Honduras who is accused of murdering 15-year-old Miles Young on March 12.

15-year-old Miles Young, the victim

According to reports, Archaga-Elvir and several other suspects lured Young into believing he was meeting a girl. Per the prosecutor in the case, Archaga-Elvir and others then used their vehicles to block Young’s vehicle. Per a witness, when Young tried to flee on foot, Archaga-Elvir chased him down and shot him in the chest with a handgun. Witnesses also said that Young’s final words before being shot were “I just don’t want to die.”

18-year-old Yefry Archaga-Elvir, criminal illegal alien

After the murder, Archaga-Elvir “made a phone call” and “was braggadocios” about killing Young, police said in a probable cause affidavit. **

“Miles Young was lured to his death believing he was going to meet a girl. Instead, he was ambushed and killed in cold blood by this illegal alien who went on to brag about the murder,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “This animal was released into our country by the Obama administration. ICE lodged an arrest detainer requesting Missouri not release this depraved killer from jail into American neighborhoods.”

Archaga-Elvir was first arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015. The Obama Administration released him into the country.

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