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ICE confirms Georgia student murder suspect entered US illegally, was previously arrested in NYC
2024-02-26
[Foxnews] Jose Ibarra arrested by NYPD in Sept 2023 for child endangerment but released before detainer issued

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday confirmed that the Venezuelan national charged in connection with the murder of 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and had previously been arrested in New York City.

Fox News had previously reported that 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra, charged with the murder of Riley on the University of Georgia campus, had crossed into the U.S. illegally near El Paso in September 2022 and was paroled into the U.S.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, ICE confirmed he had been encountered by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sept. 8, 2022, after entering near El Paso and was "paroled and released for further processing."

ICE also confirmed that Ibarra had been arrested by the New York Police Department a year later, on Sept. 14, 2023, and "charged with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation."

When ICE learns that what it believes to be a removable illegal immigrant has been arrested on criminal charges, the agency will normally lodge a detainer – a request asking local law enforcement to keep the suspect in custody until they can be transferred to ICE and put into deportation proceedings.

In this case, however, ICE's statement says Ibarra was released before a detainer could be issued. NYC is also a "sanctuary city," which generally restricts law enforcement from complying with ICE detainers.

In its statement, ICE said that its Enforcement and Removal Operations office in Atlanta "encountered Ibarra pursuant to his arrest by the University of Georgia Police Department and being charged with murder and other crimes. ERO Atlanta lodged a detainer."

Layling Franco, 23, of Venezuela, the wife of Ibarra, told the New York Post that she and her 5-year-old son were in the El Paso facility for five days before they made the journey to New York.

"We got married so we could join our asylum cases," she told the Post. "He was the person I thought I could see through. We’ve known each other our entire lives."

Franco, who is not accused of any wrongdoing regarding the case, said Ibarra was a calm person and that he left New York because he wanted to get a better job in Georgia.

"He wasn’t aggressive, none of that," she told the outlet. "We had problems as a couple, but our problems weren’t physical. We wouldn’t punch, but we’d raise our voices."

She told the Post that she's seeing news of the crime "everywhere."

"I want to talk to [Jose]," she said. "I have a lot of faith that this wasn’t him, that there was a misunderstanding somewhere. But if he did, he has to pay for what he did, truly."

Riley, an Augusta University nursing student, was found dead Thursday after previously attending UGA before entering a nursing program at Augusta's Athens campus, where she made the dean's list.

Police have charged Ibarra with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call and concealing the death of another, authorities said on Friday.

Ibarra appeared in court on Saturday morning, when Clarke County Magistrate Judge Donarell Green denied his bond "for today." Two translators were present. Ibarra nodded when spoken to.

Ibarra’s brother, Diego, was charged Friday with possessing a fraudulent green card and is being held in state custody. The federal arrest affidavit for Diego Ibarra says that in September 2023, Athens-Clarke County Police charged him with drunken driving and driving without a license. He was later arrested for shoplifting and later skipped court.
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  "crime of opportunity"

Welcome to the land of opportunity, ladies (and kids, and the odd unlucky dog or gentleman)!
Posted by: Caesar Panda5736   2024-02-26 18:44  

#5  Media Lies About Laken Riley’s Murder Need To Be Called Out To Protect Other Young Women: Mary Katharine Ham
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-02-26 11:00  

#4  
QUESTION:
If the NYC DA did a the usual illegal Liberal applied Catch and Release stunt for illegals. Which is violation to established Legal procedures & system rules.

Can the NYC DA be sued?

Posted by: NN2N1   2024-02-26 07:55  

#3  The family just won the tort lotto.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-02-26 07:20  

#2  

As avast majority of US CITIZENS have clearly seen the mass influx of Military / VOTING age illegals.
Data shows, with them came all types of issues.

Like:
* UN-VAX'd for highly contagious, common diseases like chickenpox, measles and more,

* Illegal Drugs,
* Prison dumped criminals,
* Increased property crime,
* Sexual predators,
* 3rd world hygiene practices
and etc.

POLLS SHOW
The LS&D's & Globalists support granting the Illegals amnesty. Plus now we are now seeing trial balloons about granting citizenship & voting rights. Which has been already clearly been attempted in several USA Blue states.

NOW ADD TO THIS
Another poll, this one taken of the Illegals themselves. Shows they would vote for those running the Biden Admin. since they brought them here and fed them, housed them and gave them $$Billions.
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-02-26 07:07  

#1  Venezuelan migrant brags about living off taxpayers, urges followers to 'unite' behind Times Square shooter
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-02-26 04:53  

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