He was ordered deported by ICE, then released. Now, he's charged with murder

MIAMI — Police say a 29-year-old Cuban man who had been ordered deported killed his friend in an execution-style shooting that was caught on surveillance video in a Miami parking garage.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office charged David Paneque on Wednesday with killing Leandro Lopez on March 4. He has pleaded not guilty.

The Miami Herald reports Paneque went to prison in 2008 for attempted murder and armed robbery. He was released in 2017, but taken into ICE custody and ordered deported. He was released under an "order of supervision."

Cuba rarely accepts back its criminal citizens, even as deportations have risen under President Donald Trump. The newspaper reports more than 37,000 Cubans in the U.S. are facing deportation. Last year, 463 Cuban nationals were returned to the island, a sevenfold increase from two years earlier.

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