Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Charged With Murdering Two Men in Tennessee

A twice-deported illegal alien from Honduras was charged with murder twice last week in Nashville, Tennessee.

Kevin Joel Castro-Garcia, 31, was first charged on Oct. 10 for the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Elmer Nahum Miranda-Martinez.

Kevin Joel Castro-Garcia

According to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, the victim’s body was discovered on Sept. 27 in the trunk of a car that had been torched and dumped in a forested area off Franklin Limestone Road. Police suggested the victim had been shot before being placed in the vehicle.

Castro-Garcia was charged with murder again Friday, this time in the slaying of a 26-year-old Nashville man.

Brandon Rivas-Noriega’s mother reported him missing on Oct. 5, noting the family had received messages from him suggesting he was in trouble and needed money, according to police.

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{snip} Several tattoos had been sliced off Rivas-Noriega’s body. Extra to murder, Castro-Garcia was charged with felony abuse of a corpse in this second case, which would suggest the tattoo removal was conducted posthumously.

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