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ICE lodges detainer on Salvadoran national, 18, accused of 2 fatal shootings in Houston

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had lodged a detainer asking Texas to not release an El Salvadoran national, who is accused of murder in two fatal shootings and is in the country illegally, without notifying the agency.Jefferson Adonay Velasquez-Torres, 18, was charged this week with murder for an April 27 shooting outside a Houston nightclub in which Noah Ramirez, 27, died.Two others were injured in the shooting, according to a report from affiliate FOX 26 Houston.ICE ARRESTS MORE THAN 900 SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DURING FIF...