Federal authorities charged a previously deported illegal alien on Tuesday after he allegedly shot a man in front of his seven-year-old daughter in Nashville, Tennessee, authorities say.
Jose Guadalupe Vazquez-Delgado, a 36-year-old Mexican national, was allegedly drinking heavily at a house in Nashville’s Antioch neighborhood when he began arguing with the victim. The two men and the victim’s young daughter went outside, where Vazquez-Delgado allegedly shot the victim several times before fleeing the home.
Authorities say that Vazquez-Delgado left behind his Mexican passport, 14 shell casings, and his truck at the site of the crime. The victim was transported to the emergency room and received life-saving medical care.
The illegal alien, who federal authorities say has been deported from the United States twice, has now been charged with possession of ammunition by an illegal alien and unlawful reentry into the U.S. Vazquez-Delgado could face up to 15 years in federal prison for the firearm charge and another two years for the illegal reentry charge.
“Operations like this underscore the FBI’s commitment to working with our partners to keep dangerous people and weapons from infecting our communities,” said Joseph E. Carrico, the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Nashville Field Office. “The FBI in Tennessee is committed to actively investigating and apprehending individuals wanted for federal violations and those unlawfully present in the United States and remains steadfast in its mission to uphold the Constitution.”
Federal authorities have recently charged illegal aliens with various crimes in Nashville. Just last month, eight Venezuelan illegal aliens were busted for allegedly running a sex trafficking ring out of motels throughout the city.
Authorities say that three of those illegal aliens leveraged their connections to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which President Donald Trump officially designated as a foreign terror organization, in order to coerce women into engaging in commercial sex acts. The operation was brought to a halt following a joint investigation from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
