Chilean shooter charged in NY teen’s murder is illegal immigrant previously deported 20 years ago: ICE

The Chilean national charged with shooting his upstate girlfriend and her two teen sons — killing one of the boys — is an illegal immigrant who snuck back into the US after being deported, federal sources told The Post Thursday.

Fernando Andres Jimenez Meza, 40, was deported 20 years ago after being nabbed at the US border in California, but was back in the country Monday when he allegedly shot his girlfriend Christina Raimondi and her two sons in a townhouse on Route 6 in Somers.

The shooting sparked a massive manhunt that ended when he was nabbed in Putnam County.

New York State Police investigators lead murder suspect Fernando Jimenez into Somers Town Court for his arraignment October. 29, 2024. Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Fernando Jimenez seen in court. Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
The scene of the shooting. NBC 4 New York
Fernando Jimenez turns himself into police after allegedly killing one and injuring two others in Somers, Westchester. WABC

According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jimenez Meza was taken into custody in Tecada, California on Aug. 11, 2004, and claimed he was a Mexican native named Erik Melendez-Arellano.

ICE said he was voluntarily deported to Mexico — but reentered the US at some point.