Man charged with Beheading girlfriend is illegal immigrant from Cuba with lengthy criminal record who ICE has been UNABLE to deport
- In 2012, ICE tried to deport him back to Cuba, but country wouldn't take him
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Minnesota man who was arrested for beheading his girlfriend and then dumping her body in the middle of the street in full view of horrified neighbors is an illegal immigrant from
Cuba wanted by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Alexis Saborit-Viltres, 42, has been charged by authorities in Scott County with the gruesome murder of America Mafalda Thayer, 55.
'Alexis Saborit-Viltres, 42, is a citizen of Cuba who is unlawfully present in the United States,' ICE spokesperson Shawn Neudauer told DailyMail.com on Tuesday.
'US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has not placed a detainer on Saborit-Viltres following his recent arrest for second-degree murder in Shakopee, Minnesota.'
During his first court appearance this past week, Saborit-Viltres asked to be deported instead of avoiding trial, but the judge refused. Bail has been set at $2.5million.
Neudauer confirmed that Saborit-Viltres has a lengthy criminal record which includes convictions in Minnesota and Louisiana for domestic abuse, driving under the influence, and fleeing a police officer.
There are pending charges against Saborit-Viltres stemming from a 2020 arrest for first-degree arson, first-degree criminal damage to property, and obstruction of the legal process.
ICE first attempted to deport Saborit-Viltres to Cuba in 2012, but his home country would not approve the necessary travel documents.
The 2001 Supreme Court decision Zadvydas v. Davis limits the length of time under the Immigration and Nationality Act that ICE can detain noncitizens who are subject to a deportation order.
The ruling generally precludes the agency from holding noncitizens with final orders of removal for more than six months if their actual removal cannot occur in the reasonably foreseeable future.
This is often due to a foreign government’s refusal to accept the repatriation of its nationals.
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