Illegal alien accused of slitting Salt Lake woman's throat, ICE lodges detainer

An amerciable alien from Mexico surviving successful Utah has been charged with attempted execution aft authorities said helium slit a woman's throat.

Jesus Alejandro Ramirez-Padilla has been charged with attempted murder, obstruction of justice, aggravated battle and drug paraphernalia aft the March 18 incidental successful Salt Lake City, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Immigration authorities are requesting that section officials grant a detainer lodged against the suspect.

The unfortunate is reportedly successful captious information successful the hospital. The woman's individuality has not been revealed.

A mugshot of Jesus Alejandro Ramirez-Padilla taken connected March 19, 2026. Ramirez-Padilla is accused of attempted execution aft allegedly slitting a woman's pharynx successful Salt Lake City.  (Department of Homeland Security)

"Jesus Alejandro Ramirez-Padilla is simply a unsafe transgression amerciable alien who violently strangled and slit a woman’s pharynx aggregate times," said DHS acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. "We are calling connected politicians to not merchandise this barbaric criminal from jailhouse and into American neighborhoods. This criminal illegal alien has nary spot successful American communities." 

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According to section reports, Ramirez-Padilla and the pistillate were smoking methamphetamine earlier the alleged crime. Police responded to reports of a pistillate crying successful an alley, and recovered her bleeding with a heavy chopped successful her neck.

A homeowner's surveillance camera reportedly caught the incident, starring to Ramirez-Padilla's identification. When helium was arrested, his hands and pants were covered successful blood, according to the reports.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, on with different national instrumentality enforcement agencies, be a pre-enforcement gathering successful Chicago, Illinois, US, connected Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

He reportedly met the unfortunate the erstwhile night, and they met up instrumentality drugs unneurotic the nighttime of the alleged execution attempt.

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Ramirez-Padilla besides reportedly confessed to constabulary that helium strangled the unfortunate and slit her throat, but said that the drugs altered his authorities of mind.

It is unclear whether Ramirez-Padilla, who remained successful the Salt Lake County jailhouse arsenic of Tuesday, has obtained ineligible counsel.

The suspected attempted execution comes connected the heels of respective high-profile crimes successful which amerciable aliens are premier suspects.

Venezuelan nationalist Jose Medina-Medina was charged connected Sunday with first-degree execution successful the decease of Loyola University of Chicago pupil Sheridan Gorman. Police accidental that Gorman was changeable successful the backmost portion walking on Chicago's lakefront with friends past Thursday.

Sheridan Gorman was killed aft being changeable successful the caput portion taking a locomotion with friends astatine Tobey Prinz Beach, located little than a mile from the Illinois’ campus, astir 1 a.m. connected Thursday, according to reports. (Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram)

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In precocious February, different precocious illustration lawsuit of alleged amerciable alien transgression made nationalist quality erstwhile Abdul Jalloh of Sierra Leone was charged with the execution successful the stabbing decease of Stephanie Minter successful Fairfax County, Virginia.

Jalloh had 30 anterior arrests.