A mother residing in Hialeah, Florida, experienced days of terror after receiving a message in which her daughter's boyfriend threatened to take her life before being deported.
The case, reported exclusively by Univision, resulted in the arrest of the young man accused on Tuesday, October 14.
The message that unleashed the case
The text arrived on Esther Calzadilla Quintero's phone on Friday, October 10, at 8:41 PM.
The sender was Cristopher Luis Martínez Paumier, 18 years old, her daughter's boyfriend.
The content was unequivocal: «So you can look for Donald Trump if you want. Before they deport me, I'll kill her.»
“Of course I was scared, for my life and my family's,” Calzadilla declared to Univision.
The woman described the impact on her daily life.
“I couldn't even sleep, honestly, I couldn't sleep at all. I lived in fear for my life and my daughter's, because my daughter has a diagnosis, she is autistic, but she is also afraid, she is afraid of him, he would come to bother her at all hours,” she asserted.
"I cannot live in fear."
Calzadilla, who identified as a U.S. citizen, emphasized that the threat left her unable to function normally in her own home.
"I am an American citizen of this country, and I cannot live in fear and with that insecurity that when I step out onto the balcony, someone wants to kill me," she stated.
The origin of the conflict: domestic violence and ICE
According to the police report, the conflict dates back to September, when Calzadilla, alarmed by reports of domestic violence involving her daughter and the accused, contacted the young man's parents to warn them that she would go to the immigration authorities if the situation did not change.
He reported that the family response was hostile.
"On several occasions, I spoke with the parents, and they did nothing. They disrespected me and told me that they were going to sue me," reported the victim.
When questioned by the Hialeah Police, Martínez Paumier acknowledged sending the message and admitted that he did so with the deliberate intention of having the victim receive it, in response to the threat of contacting ICE.
Calzadilla was emphatic in pointing out that the young man's intimidating behavior did not start with that warning: "These threats had already existed, they existed before that."
The arrest and the judicial situation
The Hialeah Police arrested Martínez Paumier in the early hours of Tuesday, October 14.
Facing charges for written threats to kill or cause bodily harm, under Florida Statute § 836.10(1), a second-degree felony that can result in up to 15 years in prison.
A judge set a bail of 5,000 dollars and prohibited any contact with the victim.
The prison record also reflects a migration hold by ICE, which exacerbates their legal situation.
The accused's parents, who also reside in Hialeah, confirmed off the record the threats made by their son, but declined to make public statements and said they are seeking a lawyer.
Humanitarian parole and the migratory climate in Florida
Martínez Paumier and his family entered the United States through the humanitarian parole program and were awaiting permanent residency when the events occurred.
That program was canceled by the Trump administration in 2025, leaving thousands of Cubans in a situation of uncertain immigration status.
In this context, the detentions of Cubans by ICE increased by 463% between October 2024 and January 2026. The fear of deportation has, in some cases, triggered conflicts that escalate to violence within the immigrant communities themselves.
In July 2026, a Cuban was accused of attempting to assault his partner in the same city, which has one of the largest Cuban and Latino populations in Florida.
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