Jose Antonio Ibarra, the unlawful alien accused of murdering 22-year-old Laken Riley earlier this 12 months, is reportedly a confirmed member of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua that has flourished in the US underneath President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Ibarra, who’s at the moment on trial for murdering Riley in February of this 12 months in Athens, Georgia, whereas she was on a jog, crossed the United States-Mexico border close to El Paso, Texas, on Sept. 8, 2022.
Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) officers cited an absence of “detention capability” as the explanation that Ibarra was awarded parole by way of Biden-Harris’s parole pipeline and launched into the US inside. On the time of Ibarra’s apprehension close to the border, although, greater than 8,000 detention beds had been obtainable to be used by DHS.
Now, Ali Bradley of NewsNation solely stories that a number of DHS sources have confirmed that Ibarra is a member of Tren de Aragua.
Prosecutors had speculated for months that Ibarra might have been affiliated with the gang, which has used lax immigration enforcement to get probably hundreds of members throughout the southern border.
On February 22, Riley went for a morning jog in Athens across the College of Georgia (UGA) campus. Riley was an avid runner and was in nursing faculty.
When Riley didn’t return after her jog, her roommate known as the police. Riley’s physique was found bludgeoned in a wooded space on the UGA campus. The next day, Ibarra was arrested and charged with Riley’s homicide.
Ibarra’s roommate on the time testified at trial on Monday that the unlawful alien went to sleep quickly after returning to their condo after allegedly brutally murdering Riley.
The roommate additionally testified that in September 2023, she and Ibarra requested a “humanitarian flight” to Athens on the Roosevelt Lodge in Manhattan, New York Metropolis — a historic property that Mayor Eric Adams (D) transformed right into a migrant camp.
In November 2023, simply a few months earlier than Riley’s homicide, Ibarra utilized for an Employment Authorization Doc (EAD) with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS). On December 9, 2023, Ibarra’s work allow software was authorized.
In July 2023, earlier than securing a piece allow, Ibarra reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers in New York Metropolis for a biometric appointment the place he was fingerprinted. The outcomes of these fingerprints present Ibarra had a previous prison historical past.
On September 14, 2023, Ibarra was arrested for appearing in a fashion that would injure a toddler. Regardless of the cost, Ibarra was not prosecuted, and the arrest was expunged.
Ibarra is dealing with life in jail with out the potential for parole.
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