The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Apr. 3 that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer asking Texas authorities not to release Francisco Mendez Marin, who is accused of killing his wife in Dallas.
This request follows the arrest of Mendez Marin, a 24-year-old Mexican national, by Carrolton Police on March 18. He currently faces a felony homicide charge after allegedly fatally slitting the throat of his wife, Karla Rangel, less than a month after their marriage.
Authorities said that when officers confronted Mendez Marin at the scene, he had blood on his clothes and was carrying a bloody pocketknife.
“This depraved animal murdered his own wife just one month after they were married by brutally slitting her throat with a pocketknife. This illegal alien should have never been allowed into our country to commit this heinous murder,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “ICE requested authorities in Dallas to not release this cold-blooded killer onto the streets. Thankfully, Dallas politicians cooperate with ICE, so together we can ensure this murderer is NEVER loose in American communities.”
Mendez Marin remains in custody at the Dallas County Jail under supervision of the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office.
