ICE Requests Texas Not Release Illegal Alien Charged with Sledgehammer Murder of Co-Worker

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More Third World Violence: ICE Requests Texas Not Release Illegal Alien Who Murdered His Co-Worker with a Sledgehammer

Release Date: April 20, 2026
If you import the third world, you become the third world

WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer requesting local authorities not release Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a 19-year-old criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, who is charged with murdering his co-worker to death with a sledgehammer.

Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice

According to local reports and court documents, Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, murdered his co-worker Juan Antonio Salinas Leija by hitting him with a sledgehammer multiple times. The victim, who was working as a carpenter, was found dead inside a home under renovation on Goldensong Court in the Northgate Crossing community. His body was found by his sister.

Local law enforcement arrested Chirino-Leonice on April 12 in Pasadena, Texas, after he was reportedly found driving around in the victim’s vehicle.

“This criminal illegal alien from Venezuela is accused of savagely beating a co-worker to death repeatedly with a sledgehammer and stealing his car,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “This barbaric criminal illegal alien should have never been released into our country by the Biden administration. If you import the third world, you become the third world.”

The U.S. Border Patrol first apprehended Chirino-Leonice in November 2023 when he arrived at the border as an unaccompanied minor. The Biden administration released him into the interior of the country.

This brutal killing comes after ICE lodged an arrest detainer for an illegal alien who brutally murdered a woman with a hammer in Florida earlier this month.

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