Support grows for Madison restaurant owner detained by ICE

Neighbors and other Madison community members are rallying around a restaurant owner after he was detained by immigration authorities.

Noel Quintana, who owns Señor Machetes in downtown Madison, was detained by immigration officials at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago while on his way back from visiting Mexico, according to social media posts from state Rep. Francesca Hong, D-Madison, and others.

In 2006, when Quintana was 31, he pleaded no contest in Dane County to a felony charge of possessing between 14 and 40 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute…

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