Jose C.N.: Salvadoran construction worker faces ICE hold after fatal Maryland crash
A Salvadoran construction worker who has lived in the U.S. for 10 years and is expecting a child is held without bond after a crash killed a mother and daughter.
Sep 5, 2026Montgomery County, MDCountry of origin: El Salvador

Jose Antonio Caballero-Nolasco, a 32-year-old Salvadoran national living in the U.S. without legal status, was charged with manslaughter and vehicular homicide after allegedly driving drunk the wrong way on the I-270 Spur in Bethesda/Montgomery County, Maryland, causing a head-on collision. The crash killed 46-year-old Musammat Shamima Begum and her 23-year-old daughter Areebah Jahin, and left an 8-year-old girl in their vehicle with life-threatening injuries. Caballero-Nolasco was treated at a hospital before being transferred to the Montgomery County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond. ICE lodged an immigration detainer asking local officials not to release him, though Montgomery County's sanctuary policies and Maryland's Community Trust Act make it unclear whether the detainer will be honored. His attorney said he is a construction worker who has lived in the U.S. for 10 years and is expecting a child with his girlfriend.
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- ICE Lodges Detainer for Jose Antonio Caballero-Nolasco After Wrong-Way Drunk-Driving Crash on Interstate 270 Kills Mother Musammat Shamima Begum and Daughter Areebah Jahin
Political·Sep 4, 2026·archived copy
- Department of Homeland Security
- ICE places detainer on man involved in Maryland wrong-way crash
NBC Washington·Sep 5, 2026
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