{"id":40299,"date":"2026-04-03T21:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40299"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:10:50","slug":"ice-files-detainer-for-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-killing-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40299","title":{"rendered":"ICE files detainer for illegal immigrant charged with killing his wife"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently lodged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer pleading with Texas authorities<\/a> not to release an illegal immigrant accused of fatally slitting his wife\u2019s throat with a pocketknife in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Francisco Mendez-Marin, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant<\/a> from Mexico, was arrested March 18 by the Carrolton Police Department and is charged with felony homicide after he allegedly killed his wife, 20-year-old Karla Rangel, during a domestic dispute.<\/p>\n

The couple had been married for less than a month, FOX 4 Dallas reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

When police arrived at the scene<\/a>, Mendez-Marin had blood on his clothes and a bloody pocketknife on him, officials said.<\/p>\n

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Francisco Mendez-Marin is accused of brutally killing his wife in Dallas, Texas.<\/span> (DHS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CONFESSES TO 2 COLD-BLOODED MURDERS MONTHS APART: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Body camera footage shows Mendez-Marin telling officers, “I didn’t do anything bad” and “I was obligated to do it” in Spanish, according to the arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n

“This depraved animal murdered\u00a0his own wife just one month after they were married by brutally slitting her throat with a pocketknife,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary<\/a> Lauren Bis wrote in a statement. “This illegal alien should have never been allowed into our country to commit this heinous murder.”<\/p>\n

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“ICE requested authorities<\/a> in Dallas to not release this cold-blooded killer onto the streets,” she continued. “Thankfully, Dallas politicians cooperate with ICE, so together we can ensure this murderer is NEVER loose in American communities.”<\/p>\n

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Mendez-Marin is currently in Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s Office custody and being held in the Dallas County Jail<\/a>, according to DHS.<\/p>\n

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Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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