May 16, 2025 – The DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office has announced that an illegal alien, Jiver Alejandro Melo Dominguez, of Mexico has been indicted by a DeSoto County Grand Jury for attempted murder. Dominguez, age 19, was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday, May 16.
“This is yet another troubling example of wide-open border policies,” said District Attorney Matthew Barton. “This criminal should never have been here. But don’t worry — we’re going to secure a swift conviction and immediately turn him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, where I hope Secretary Kristi Noem and Tom Homan can make room for him in El Salvador Prison.”
Charging documents allege that on March 5, during a construction project in Hernando, Dominguez allegedly attempted to kill another man by slicing his neck with an Orcon box knife. The indictment also notes that Dominguez had recently traveled from Chicago to Memphis prior to the attack.
Dominguez was arrested by Hernando Police Department and remains in DeSoto County Adult Detention Center.
