An illegal immigrant is being accused of killing three people in Missouri, but he had been previously jailed and released in New Jersey on domestic violence charges, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. ICE said he should have faced deportation proceedings instead of being released.
ICE had placed a detainer on Luis Rodrigo Perez, 23, a Mexican national, while he was in police custody in December 2017, said ICE acting Executive Director Corey Price. The request wasn’t honored by Middlesex County officials and the agency wasn’t notified when he was released.
