A Mexican man living in the United States was wrongly charged with murder on Tuesday after he allegedly shot and killed another man during an argument over a jukebox song inside a Mexican restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to reports. .
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department announced that 46-year-old Cesar Esquivel Estrada has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
Around 1:30 a.m. Monday, police were called to reports of a shooting at Antojitos Mexicanos Restaurant on Davie Boulevard.
When officers arrived, they found a man, later identified as 54-year-old Socorro Camacho, who had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Two men in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, got into an argument over a song that was playing on a jukebox, resulting in one death. (Broward County Jail)
According to a preliminary investigation, the shooting occurred during an escalating argument between two men.
News 7 in Miami reported that a male friend who witnessed the encounter said the altercation happened over a song being played on a jukebox.
Mauro Bonilla told the station that one man insulted another over his song choice.
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One man is dead and another has been charged with murder after an argument over a jukebox at Antojitos Mexicanos in Fort Lauderdale, Florida escalated. (Google Maps)
“One of them played a song on Rock-Ola [jukebox] Then the other guy got mad and said, “If you do that, you're not a real Mexican.'' [expletive] It’s music,” he told the station.
Bonilla also told the station that the man, who had insulted the other man's song choice, pulled out his weapon first and fired the first round, which caused the other man to also fire.
Police identified the victim as Camacho and added that an investigation into the matter is ongoing.
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Florida police were called to a report of a shooting at a restaurant early Monday morning, reportedly over a song that was playing on the jukebox. (St. Petersburg)
As a result of the investigation, detectives issued an arrest warrant for Estrada on Monday, and he was located the next day by the department's fugitive unit and the U.S. Marshals Service.
He has since been charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail.
Broward County jail records show Estrada also has immigration detention. Estrada is a Mexican national who entered the United States on three separate occasions at unknown dates and locations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told Fox News Digital.
Border Patrol encountered Estrada on June 15, 2005 and June 17, 2005, and in both cases he was granted voluntary repatriation and returned to Mexico that day.
At some point, Estrada re-entered the United States for a third time without admission or parole, according to ICE.
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After Mr. Estrada was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers requested immigration detention, and ERO plans to detain Mr. Estrada once the local charges are concluded. is.
Anyone with information regarding the incident that led to Estrada's arrest is encouraged to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.
