David Mairena-Garcia (Brown Co. Jail)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A man who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say was in the country illegally pleaded not guilty Thursday to a machete attack against his ex-girlfriend and the man she was with.
David Mairena-Garcia, 29, is charged with two counts attempted first-degree intentional homicide and four other counts for the April 20 attack at a residence on Edgewood Drive.
No trial date was set. Mairena-Garcia returns to court Aug. 27 for a status conference, court records show.
After the charges were filed, ICE issued a statement saying Mairena-Garcia is “a criminal illegal alien and citizen of Nicaragua who unlawfully entered the United States in 2019 in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.”
He had a 2022 final order of removal after crossing into the U.S. illegally from Mexico, according to ICE.
A federal immigration detainer hold was placed on Mairena-Garcia after his arrest in Green Bay.
According to the complaint, Mairena-Garcia used a key to enter the woman’s home. He allegedly hit the male victim, a 23-year-old from Green Bay, with a machete in the shoulder, forearm and shin. Mairena-Garcia then allegedly beat his ex-girlfriend, a 26-year-old Green Bay woman. She suffered lacerations on her hand and neck, plus an injury to her head.
“David did not say anything, he just went in and started cutting them and attacking them with the machete,” the woman told police. She “stated David had already made several death threats to her by text message and in person… Victim-1 left the bedroom and briefly ran outside. During this time, David beat Victim-2 and then chased her out of the house. Victim-1 stated he ran down Edgewood Drive. After chasing Victim-1 down the road with the machete, David got into his vehicle (Victim-1 thought a black SUV) and left driving down Edgewood Drive,” the complaint states.
Police used Flock cameras to track Mairena-Garcia and arrested him during a traffic stop.
The complaint says, “Mairena-Garcia stated he saw his “wife” and another male in his bed and he lost his mind and blacked out because of the rage. Mairena-Garcia advised all he was thinking was “just wanting to kill them.”
He told police where he tossed the machete along the highway and it was recovered by authorities.
The female victim and Mairena-Garcia have a child together, the complaint states.
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