Illegal migrant fatally shoots two workers at Texas Chick-fil-A: police
Two workers were allegedly shot and killed by an illegal migrant at a Texas Chick-fil-A on Wednesday — in the latest disturbing incident believed to have been committed by an asylum seeker.
Oved Bernardo Mendoza Argueta, a 37-year-old native of El Salvador, was arrested and charged with capital murder after he opened fire in the fast-food joint in Irving around 3:40 p.m., according to police.
Two people, one identified as Patricia Portillo, died at the scene from gunshot wounds. The other victim’s identity is being withheld pending family notification, a police spokesperson told The Post.
He fled the scene in a silver 1997 Honda sedan but was tracked down and taken into custody around 2:50 a.m. Thursday morning.
Irving police confirmed he had an “ICE hold.”
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson told The Post that the agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Dallas “lodged an immigration detainer with the Irving Police Department on Mendoza.”
ICE issues such holds for noncitizens who have been apprehended by local or state police to indicate ICE intends to take them into custody, according to the agency.
It’s not immediately clear where and when Mendoza entered the US.
“Our hearts are broken by the tragedy that unfolded inside our restaurant Wednesday. We will miss our two Team Members dearly,” Chick-fil-A said in a statement. “Right now, our focus is on providing care for our Team and the victims’ families.
“I want to thank the Irving Police Department for their professionalism and compassion. We will continue working closely with them as they conduct their investigation.”
The double homicide comes just days after 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was allegedly brutalized and murdered by two illegal migrants from Venezuela in Houston.
Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, and Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, allegedly lured Jocelyn under a bridge, stripped her naked to the waist and assaulted her for two hours, according to court documents.
The men, who had been in the US only a few months, tied her hands behind her back during the assault, then strangled her and dumped her body in a bayou, prosecutors said. Both have been charged with capital murder.
Earlier this month, a 13-year-old girl was raped in a New York City park in broad daylight by an illegal migrant from Ecuador.
Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, 25, held a girl and boy, both 13, at knifepoint in a secluded section of Kissena Park had their hands tied with shoelaces, police said.
The fiend raped the girl — and filmed it — before running off with the kids’ phones, cops said.
A flood of tips from local community members and good Samaritans who dramatically subdued the suspect led to his arrest days later.
