TEXAS TERROR: ICE Asks Texas Authorities to Not Release Alien Who Brutally Murdered His Wife in Dallas

Francisco Mendez-Marin is accused of murdering his own wife less than a month after they were married

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer asking Texas authorities to not release a criminal who was arrested for slitting his wife's throat with a pocketknife in Dallas, Texas.

Francisco Mendez Marin, a 24-year-old alien from Mexico, was arrested on March 18 by Carrolton Police and currently faces a felony charge of homicide after he fatally slit his wife, 20-year-old Karla Rangel's throat. According to local reports, the couple had been married for less than a month.

When confronted by officers, Mendez Marin had blood on his clothes and a bloody pocketknife on him.

"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."

Francisco Mendez Marin

He is currently in the custody of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office and being held in the Dallas County Jail.

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