An Illegal Alien Fleeing Murder Murder Wrap Found a Girlfriend in Tennessee and Showed Up With a Knife

Biden's open border didn't just let criminals in – it gave a killer a second chance at a victim.

He used it.

What he told her while the blade was in her throat is the part no one in Washington wants to explain.

What He Said While the Blade Was in Her Throat

On December 17, 2024, Alejandro Mancera Canchola showed up at his girlfriend's home in LaFollette, Tennessee.

He brought a knife.

Prosecutors say he slashed her throat from ear to ear – so violently the blade snapped off inside the wound.

While she lay bleeding, he went to grab a second knife to finish the job.

That's when he told her: he had already murdered his first wife in Mexico and buried her body in the backyard of their home.

Her only move was to convince him to take their child to the neighbor's house first.

The moment he stepped outside, she pressed a towel against her throat, made it to the street, and flagged down a passing driver.

She was rushed to Tennova Medical Center in LaFollette, then on to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, where she received extensive treatment and survived.

Canchola took her car and ran.

He Was Already Wanted for Murder in Mexico

Here's what should make every American furious.

Mexican authorities had an active arrest warrant for Canchola before he ever set foot in Tennessee – for murdering his first wife.

He crossed Biden's open border, settled into rural Tennessee, had a child with a local woman, and spent years living freely inside the United States.

No rap sheet in America.

No ICE detainer.

No deportation.

Nothing.

DHS confirmed earlier this year that nearly 70 percent of illegal aliens ICE arrests carry criminal convictions or pending charges in the United States – but that number doesn't even include the ones wanted for crimes back home.

Canchola is exactly that ghost: invisible to every database that matters, free to prey on an American woman because Biden's border waved him through.

Marshals Chased Him for 18 Months With Almost Nothing

After the attack, investigators had almost no leads.

The victim's car was never found.

For months, detectives weren't even sure Canchola was still alive – he had told the woman he planned to kill her and then himself.

Lt. Matt Forsyth of the LaFollette Police Department had been a long-time member of the U.S. Marshals Smoky Mountains Fugitive Task Force.

He was promoted to Police Chief in January 2025 and made one thing clear: he was going to find Canchola.

Deputy U.S. Marshals from the Knoxville office worked every scrap of information they could uncover for over a year.

Then a break.

The trail led to Indianapolis – where Canchola had been quietly working at an Indian restaurant called Desi Chowrasha on East 82nd Street and sleeping in a nearby apartment.

Marshals from the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force moved in on June 15, 2026.

He ran on foot.

They caught him.

He handed over a fake ID.

Then he confessed who he was.

ICE lodged a detainer immediately.

He is now in Marion County Jail in Indianapolis, awaiting extradition to Campbell County, Tennessee, to face attempted first-degree murder charges.

Biden's Border Turned Tennessee Into a Crime Scene

Senator Marsha Blackburn stood on the Senate floor this year and read her constituents the damage report.

In just the final three months of 2024 – the same months Canchola was on the run after nearly killing that woman – there were 2,719 reports of illegal aliens charged or convicted of 3,854 offenses across Tennessee.

One quarter of a year.

Tennessee District Attorneys compiled 11,000 law enforcement reports in 2025 alone to document what open borders had done to their state.

Governor Bill Lee called a special legislative session the moment Trump took office – creating a new state immigration enforcement division and funding local law enforcement for deportation cooperation.

Tennessee's legislature went further this spring, passing a bill that makes it a criminal offense for illegal aliens to remain in the state after a federal deportation order.

They are trying to repair what Biden broke.

The Marshals who worked this case for 18 months deserve credit – they never stopped.

The woman who made it to that street with a towel pressed to her throat deserves credit – she never quit.

The man who crossed the border with a murder warrant on his head and found a second victim in rural Tennessee deserves exactly what's coming to him in Campbell County.

The only question left is the one Democrats will never answer: what was Alejandro Mancera Canchola doing in LaFollette, Tennessee to begin with?

Sources:

• U.S. Marshals Service, "U.S. Marshals Arrest Man Wanted for Slashing Woman's Throat in LaFollette," USMS Press Release, June 16, 2026.
• John Binder, "Illegal Alien Fugitive Arrested After Allegedly Slashing Woman's Throat in Tennessee," Breitbart, June 16, 2026.
• DHS, "DHS Law Enforcement Arrests Two Illegal Aliens Wanted in Mexico for Murder and Child Sex Crimes," Department of Homeland Security, March 21, 2026.
• Senator Marsha Blackburn, "VIDEO: Blackburn Details New Report Documenting Crimes Committed by Illegal Aliens in Tennessee During Biden's Final Months," blackburn.senate.gov, February 12, 2025.
• Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, "Tennessee AG Exposes Federal Release of Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Dangerous Crimes," tn.gov, October 23, 2024.
• Governor Bill Lee, "Gov. Lee, Legislative Leadership Present Agenda on Illegal Immigration Ahead of Special Session," tn.gov, January 22, 2025.