Illegal immigrant who killed Nashville restaurant owner to face ICE deportation after prison

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are seeking custody of a Mexican national who authorities accidental entered the United States illegally done Texas successful 2021 nether the Biden medication and killed a Nashville edifice owner.

After pleading blameworthy and being sentenced Tuesday to decades down bars, ICE lodged an migration detainer against Ulises Raigoza-Martinez, requesting that Tennessee officials notify the bureau earlier his release, truthful national authorities tin instrumentality him into custody for removal proceedings, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The lawsuit stems from a June 19, 2024, brushwood successful the parking batch of the Nashville edifice Smokin' Thighs, wherever investigators assertion Raigoza-Martinez stopped to bargain tools from proprietor Matt Carney's pickup truck.

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Matt Carney, proprietor of the Nashville edifice Smokin' Thighs, died connected July 4, 2024, aft authorities accidental helium was struck by a conveyance portion confronting a antheral accused of stealing tools from his pickup truck. (DHS)

When Carney, 42, walked extracurricular to face the thief, Raigoza-Martinez sped away, striking the restaurateur with his vehicle, authorities said. Carney landed connected the hood earlier being thrown to the pavement erstwhile Raigoza-Martinez turned the vehicle.

Carney suffered captious injuries and died astatine a Nashville infirmary connected July 4, 2024.

Police arrested Raigoza-Martinez successful South Nashville connected July 18, 2024. Two years later, connected July 22, 2026, helium pleaded blameworthy to murder, theft implicit $10,000, tampering with grounds and theft implicit $2,500, earlier being sentenced to 20 years successful prison.

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Ulises Raigoza-Martinez pleaded blameworthy to murder, theft implicit $10,000, tampering with grounds and theft implicit $2,500 successful the decease of Nashville edifice proprietor Matt Carney. He was sentenced to 20 years successful prison. (DHS)

DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said Raigoza-Martinez "should NEVER person been successful our state to perpetrate this heinous murder."

"We volition enactment with our authorities and section partners successful Tennessee to guarantee that helium is handed implicit to ICE custody erstwhile his condemnation is complete, truthful that we tin region him from our country," Bis said.

FILE - ICE is seeking custody of the fishy aft helium serves his situation condemnation for the killing. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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If Tennessee officials grant the ICE detainer, national migration authorities volition instrumentality custody of Raigoza-Martinez aft helium completes his situation condemnation truthful helium tin beryllium placed into removal proceedings and deported.