ICE Lodges Detainer to Keep Venezuelan Suspect in Custody After Two Charlotte Shootings; DHS Criticizes Sanctuary Releases and CBP One App

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ICE has placed a detainer on Angelvis Jesus Quintero Fernandez, a 22-year-old Venezuelan arrested in Charlotte after two fatal shootings, who allegedly confessed to killing Ludvin Antonio Guzman Morales and Luis Guitierrez Mora and faces multiple felonies after police detained him on March 23, 2026, while DHS says sanctuary officials have released about 1,400 criminals and Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis criticizes sanctuary jurisdictions and the CBP One app for letting unvetted entrants into the United States, noting that Quintero Fernandez reportedly entered the country in July 2023 through the app.

ICE Asks Charlotte Sanctuary Politicians to Not Release Illegal Alien from Jail who was Arrested for Two Murders | Homeland Security
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ICE Asks Charlotte Sanctuary Politicians to Not Release Illegal Alien from Jail who was Arrested for Two Murders | Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer asking Charlotte sanctuary politicians to not release Angelvis Jesus Quintero Fernandez, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, who was arrested after allegedly carrying out two fatal shootings in Charlotte, North Carolina.