In early January, Kembery Chirinos-Flores was sitting in her car when she was shot. Police found her body after a neighbor reported hearing gunshots, and Chirinos-Flores was pronounced dead at the scene. She was 24 years old and leaves behind a five-year-old son.
Earlier this month, South Bay police arrested two men in connection with Chirinos-Flores' murder: Gerzon Chirinos-Munguia and Franquin Inestroza-Martinez, who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for an unrelated murder case in New Jersey. Both Munguia and Martinez are illegals from Honduras. Munguia is also reportedly the father of the five-year-old boy and was previously arrested in 2018 for battery and false imprisonment, and again in 2019 for domestic battery and other crimes.
And now, the authorities in Santa Clara County are refusing to honor an ICE detainer for the two murderers.
Two illegals from Honduras have been arrested in California for the murder of a 24-year-old mother.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 31, 2026
But Santa Clara County politicians are refusing to honor an ICE detainer request that would ensure these suspected murderers are never allowed back on the streets of America.… pic.twitter.com/pl4ZNwHry4
Here's more from The New York Post:
Franquin Inestroza-Martinez, a Honduran national, and Gerzon Jose Chirinos-Munguia, also of Honduras, were arrested in Santa Clara County for allegedly killing Kembery Chirinos-Flores with a shotgun in early January.
Chirinos-Munguia is the father of Chirinos-Flores’ 5-year-old son, and was previously arrested in 2018 for battery and false imprisonment, and subsequently in 2019 for domestic battery and threatening crime with the intent of terrorizing, DHS said.
He was released back into California without ICE being notified in both 2018 and 2019, according to DHS.
“A man lost his life, and a child is now without a mother. These illegal aliens should have never been able to commit these horrific killings and must NEVER be released from jail into American communities,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital in a statement.
Inestroza-Martinez, the alleged accomplice of the boy’s father, also had an outstanding arrest warrant from New Jersey for the homicide of a 55-year-old in March 2025, according to DHS.
Absolutely shameful.
ICE slammed Santa Clara County for being a sanctuary, and noted both had been previously deported. Thanks to the Democrats' open-borders policies, they returned to the country.
Santa Clara politicians are protecting two illegal aliens who allegedly MURDERED an American mother — Kembery Chirinos-Flores.
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) March 31, 2026
Inestroza-Martinez has already been arrested and removed from our country twice, but thanks to the open-border policies of the Biden administration,… pic.twitter.com/cp4bfCSuaY
The entire post reads:
Inestroza-Martinez has already been arrested and removed from our country twice, but thanks to the open-border policies of the Biden administration, he's back on American streets. This is the second murder he has been wanted for in the United States.
Gerzon Jose Chirinos-Munguia has already been deported once before, and has been arrested for domestic battery, threatening crime with the intent of terrorizing, battery, and false imprisonment.
Despite all of this, Santa Clara politicians are REFUSING to cooperate with ICE to ensure they are deported from our country after facing justice.
Sanctuary politicians care more about illegal alien murderers than their victims.
They clearly didn't care about Kembery Chirinos-Flores or her son.
Why do Democrats protect murderers? https://t.co/L2jO7Hu0Em
— Glenn Coles (@Glenn315) March 31, 2026
They need their votes and cheap labor, that's why.
Remember, Democrat Chris Murphy told MSNBC that the people Democrats care about the most are the undocumented immigrants like Martinez and Munguia.
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