Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a detainer in North Dakota for a Honduran national currently held in local custody who is wanted in North Carolina on a murder charge involving a firearm, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The action is intended to ensure the suspect remains in custody while extradition proceedings move forward and highlights how federal immigration enforcement can intersect with interstate criminal cases.
MINOT, ND: @HSISaintPaul is working with North Dakota law enforcement to ensure that Carlos Anuel Medina-Robles, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras wanted for MURDER in North Carolina is NOT RELEASED into our communities.
Medina-Robles is a TWICE deported alien who first… pic.twitter.com/nFpno3jiUM
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 15, 2026
Carlos Anuel Medina-Robles is being held at the Ward County Jail in North Dakota and is awaiting extradition to Durham County, North Carolina, where authorities are seeking him in connection with a homicide case. Federal officials said Homeland Security Investigations in Minot lodged the detainer on April 9.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, immigration detainers are requests asking local agencies to notify federal authorities before a subject is released so transfer to immigration custody can be arranged when appropriate.
Federal officials said Medina-Robles first entered the United States in August 2018 and was later removed from the country in November 2018. Authorities said he unlawfully reentered again in 2022 and was removed a second time that year.
Officials said Medina-Robles later reentered the United States a third time at an unknown date and location. The Department of Homeland Security did not provide additional details regarding when or where that entry occurred.
“This individual is wanted in North Carolina in connection with a murder case and is currently being held in custody pending extradition,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said. “ICE officers are working with local law enforcement partners to ensure he is not released.”
Homeland Security Investigations, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, conducts criminal investigations involving transnational crime, fugitives, and public safety threats. Federal officials said cooperation between local agencies and federal authorities can be used when suspects face both criminal prosecution and immigration enforcement matters.
Authorities have not released additional information about the North Carolina homicide case or announced a court date related to extradition proceedings.
Medina-Robles remains in local custody in North Dakota as of April 16.
