ICE Issues Detainer for Nicaraguan National Charged in Dallas Shooting That Killed Unborn Baby
The Department of Homeland Security lodged a detainer with Dallas officials for Keyner Ariel Calero-Jiron, a Nicaraguan national who entered the United States illegally in 2022, and a 17-year-old accomplice after both faced felony charges in a May 3 gas station shooting. The detainer prevents their release from local custody and keeps them in federal immigration proceedings following the death of an unborn child and injuries to three others.
foxnews.comDALLAS — The Department of Homeland Security lodged an immigration detainer May 14 for Keyner Ariel Calero-Jiron, a Nicaraguan national charged with homicide and aggravated assault with a firearm in a May 3 gas station shooting that killed an unborn baby.
Calero-Jiron entered the United States illegally as a minor in 2022 and was released under the prior administration. He and a 17-year-old accomplice face felony charges after the shooting injured three people, including a pregnant woman who required an emergency C-section.
The unborn child died afterward. Police recovered cocaine from the suspects' crashed vehicle following a chase, per the DHS statement.
The detainer applies to both individuals. It requests that Dallas officials not release them so federal immigration authorities can take custody. Dallas is among the jurisdictions that cooperate with ICE detainers on criminal noncitizens.
The action changes the immediate operational status for the two charged noncitizens. Without the detainer they could have been released from local jail upon posting bond or case disposition. With the detainer in place they remain held for transfer to ICE custody once local charges are resolved. The detainer was lodged the same day DHS publicized the request.
Downstream the detainer initiates the standard removal process under immigration law once the criminal case concludes. Federal authorities must now coordinate with Dallas to assume physical custody. Prosecutors in the homicide case proceed on the state charges while ICE maintains the immigration hold.
The cooperation also signals to other local agencies that detainers on violent offenders will be enforced in this jurisdiction, triggering routine ICE booking notifications on future arrests.
This is the latest use of an ICE detainer on a noncitizen charged with violent crime in a cooperating city. The agency has issued similar requests after high-profile incidents involving previously released individuals who entered as minors. The May 3 incident occurred at a Dallas-area gas station and resulted in three injuries plus the death of the fetus, according to the DHS release.
Primary sources: DHS/ICE statement · Federal immigration detainer procedures.
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