{"id":2593039,"date":"2026-04-20T19:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-detains-illegal-alien-accused-of-murdering-his-co-worker-with-a-hammer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:55:41","slug":"ice-detains-illegal-alien-accused-of-murdering-his-co-worker-with-a-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-detains-illegal-alien-accused-of-murdering-his-co-worker-with-a-hammer\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Detains Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering His Co-Worker with a Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fice-detains-illegal-alien-accused-of-murdering-his-co-worker-with-a-hammer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2593039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer on 19-year-old Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a Venezuelan illegal immigrant, who is accused of fatally bludgeoning a co-worker with a sledgehammer during a remodeling project in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Key details include:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The victim was Juan Antonio Salinas Leija; his body was found in a Houston-area home on april 12 after family hadn\u2019t heard from him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chirino-Leonice was found driving the victim\u2019s truck with three other people in the vehicle and remained in custody after his arrest; ICE had previously detained him in november 2023 but released him into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; An ICE official, Gabriel Martinez, described Chirino-Leonice as a beneficiary of what he characterizes as Joe Biden\u2019s open-border policies, arguing the suspect should not have been allowed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the article frames the case as illustrating failures in immigration policy under the Biden management and contrasts it with former President Donald Trump\u2019s actions to close the border, while noting Democrats\u2019 resistance to mass deportations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It cites KHOU-TV coverage of the murder and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >includes additional political commentary<\/a> and links to related coverage.<\/p>\n<p>the piece presents a narrative linking the alleged crime to current immigration policy debates and portrays ICE as continuing to perform its duties despite political opposition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have worked against heavy odds to rid the U.S. of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"...\u2019s First Detention Facility For Immigrant ... Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Off...\">criminal illegal aliens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week in Texas, they bagged another one.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-lodges-detainer-criminal-illegal-alien-accused-brutally-murdering-co-worker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>, on April 13, ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the Harris County Jail on 19-year-old Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a Venezuelan illegal immigrant arrested on charges that he allegedly used a sledgehammer to bludgeon a co-worker to death.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Martinez, ICE&rsquo;s Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston acting Field Office Director, described the suspect as a beneficiary of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chaos-confusion-nbc-host-tears-biden-border-chief-shreds-air-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> open border policies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanctuary-city-detroit-to-fire-cops-after-they-cooperated-with-ice-dhs-responds\/\" title=\"Sanctuary City Detroit to Fire Cops After They Cooperated with ... \u2013 DHS Responds\">criminal illegal alien &#038;mdash<\/a>; who never should have been allowed into the country in the first place &mdash; is accused of savagely beating a co-worker to death with a sledgehammer and leaving him to die in a house they were renovating together,&rdquo; Martinez said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); 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he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/spring-texas-murder-goldensong-court-carpenter-found-dead\/285-19d32630-f6fc-41f4-98af-3647d7c3aa35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KHOU-TV<\/a> in Houston, the victim, Juan Antonio Salinas Leija, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-leader-says-some-black-critics-lifted-up-right-wing-propaganda-about-blm\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Leader Says Some Black Critics \u2018Lifted Up Right...Wing Propaganda About BLM\u2019\">found dead inside<\/a> a Houston-area home where he had been doing contract work as a carpenter. His family discovered his body on April 12 after not having heard from him for two days, since Friday, April 10.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, local police found Chirino-Leonice driving around in the victim&rsquo;s truck. Three other people, including a woman and two juveniles, were in the truck with the suspect. Only Chirino-Leonice, however, remained in custody.<\/p>\n<p>According to ICE, U.S. Border Patrol first arrested Chirino-Leonice in November 2023 before releasing him into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, should the charges against Chirino-Leonice prove true, Mejia would be the latest victim of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, of course, largely failed to enforce U.S. immigration laws. Some have argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2024-election-biden-says-quiet-part-loud-reason-border-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political motives<\/a> explain this negligence.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/state-disgust-population-illegal-aliens-biden-enough-americas-13th-largest-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record numbers<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leaders-sound-the-alarm-on-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"GOP leaders sound the alarm on illegal ...\">illegal immigrants crossed<\/a> the U.S. southern border on his watch.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, many young American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/laken-rileys-convicted-killer-strikes-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-immigrants-charged-horrific-death-12-year-old-released-u-s-border-patrol-weeks-prior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">girls<\/a> have lost their lives to violent illegal aliens who entered the country under Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Upon taking office, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-crossing-95-percent-biden-high-trump-says-still-not-good-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> immediately closed Biden&rsquo;s open border.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Democrats have put up substantial and in some cases violent resistance to mass deportations.<\/p>\n<p>In January, for instance, elected Democrats in Minnesota used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disturbing-videos-late-wednesday-day-shooting-gov-walz-bragging-war-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bellicose language<\/a> to encourage anti-ICE protests. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rand-paul-vows-ask-ice-director-apologize-renee-good-alex-pretti-shootings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two such protesters<\/a> subsequently lost their lives in clashes with immigration agents.<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding this resistance, ICE&rsquo;s detainer on Chirino-Leonice showed that immigration agents have continued their lawful work.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In Texas, they took action on April 13 by placing an immigration detainer with Harris County Jail for 19-year-old Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a Venezuelan national accused of fatally bludgeoning a coworker with a sledgehammer during a renovation project. ICE Houston\u2019s Enforcement and Removal Operations acting field office director Gabriel Martinez described Chirino-Leonice as a beneficiary of what he called President Biden\u2019s open-border policies and said the man should not have been allowed into the country in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>KHOU-TV identified the victim as Juan Antonio Salinas Leija, who was found dead inside a Houston-area home where he had been working as a carpenter. His family hadn\u2019t heard from him since April 10, and Chirino-Leonice was later found driving the victim\u2019s truck, with three other people in the vehicle; Chirino-Leonice was the only one in custody. ICE noted that Border Patrol initially arrested Chirino-Leonice in November 2023 before releasing him into the country.<\/p>\n<p>If the charges prove true, the article asserts, Chirino-Leonice would represent another consequence of the Biden administration\u2019s immigration approach, which the piece portrays as having failed to enforce U.S. immigration laws and contributing to large numbers of illegal crossings. The account contrasts this with actions taken by the Trump administration to close the border, and it references Democratic resistance to mass deportations, including episodes in Minnesota where anti-ICE protests were supported by elected Democrats, which the piece frames as related to ongoing conflicts over immigration policy. 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