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Criminal Illegal Alien, 19, Accused of Co-Worker Murder

ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the Harris County Jail on April 13 on Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a 19-year-old criminal illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the interior of the country by the Biden administration after being arrested by U.S. Border Patrol in November 2023. Local law enforcement arrested Chirino-Leonice on April 12 in Pasadena, Texas, after reportedly finding him driving the victim's vehicle. He is accused of beating a co-worker to death with a sledgehammer.

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

ICE announced it lodged an arrest detainer request for Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a 19-year-old Venezuelan national apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol in November 2023 and released into the interior by the prior administration. Local law enforcement arrested Chirino-Leonice on April 12 in Pasadena, Texas, after he was found driving the victim's vehicle. He is charged with murdering co-worker Juan Antonio Salinas Leija with a sledgehammer in the Northgate Crossing community.