HOBE SOUND, Fla. - An undocumented immigrant from Guatemala is in a Florida jail with an ICE deportation detainer on him after deputies say he beat up a pregnant woman who stabbed him.

The backstory:

According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies went to a mobile home in Hobe Sound for a domestic dispute.

Investigators say 19-year-old Noel Gerardo Niz-Marroquin, an undocumented immigrant, had physically assaulted a pregnant acquaintance.

The woman told deputies that Niz-Marroquin was beating her repeatedly, so she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him.

Niz-Marroquin was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening wounds.

The victim was also taken to the hospital for observation.

:After being released from the hospital, deputies arrested Niz-

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