Supporters overflow fundraiser for Madison restaurant owner detained by ICE
TEAGAN KING
Updated
A line stretches out of Señor Machetes and onto Main Street during a fundraiser Friday. One of the Downtown restaurant's owners, Noel Quintana, was detained by ICE late last month and is being held in a jail in Clay County, Ind., according to an online Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee database.
Dozens of people filled the second floor of Señor Machetes on Friday night, enjoying Mexican food, drinks and upbeat music — and the line stretched out onto Main Street.
People fill up their plates at Friday's fundraiser at Señor Machetes. Noel Quintana, who owns the Downtown restaurant with his wife, Ofelia Garcia Anchondo, was detained by immigration officials on Jan. 27 while trying to fly back to Madison from Mexico.
Photos: Community packs Señor Machetes for fundraiser after ICE detainment
A line stretches out of Señor Machetes and onto Main Street during a fundraiser Friday. One of the Downtown restaurant's owners, Noel Quintana, was detained by ICE late last month and is being held in a jail in Clay County, Ind., according to an online Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee database.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People fill up their plates at Friday's fundraiser at Señor Machetes. Noel Quintana, who owns the Downtown restaurant with his wife, Ofelia Garcia Anchondo, was detained by immigration officials on Jan. 27 while trying to fly back to Madison from Mexico.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People buy pins at Friday's fundraiser at Señor Machetes.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Heather Duncan navigates the crowd after buying a drink at Friday's fundraiser at Señor Machetes.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People walk up the stairs to the Señor Machetes event space for a fundraiser after one of the owners was detained by ICE on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 in Madison, Wis.
OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL
People eat food in the corner of a hallway after space ran out in the main room at a fundraiser for Señor Machetes after one of the owners was detained by ICE on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 in Madison, Wis.
OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL
A wooden machete reading “Noel” after Señor Machetes owner Noel Quintana sits on a counter in the restaurant’s event space on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 in Madison, Wis.
A line stretches out of Señor Machetes and onto Main Street during a fundraiser Friday. One of the Downtown restaurant's owners, Noel Quintana, was detained by ICE late last month and is being held in a jail in Clay County, Ind., according to an online Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee database.
People fill up their plates at Friday's fundraiser at Señor Machetes. Noel Quintana, who owns the Downtown restaurant with his wife, Ofelia Garcia Anchondo, was detained by immigration officials on Jan. 27 while trying to fly back to Madison from Mexico.
