A Maryland sheriff announced Saturday that he had arrested and charged an illegal immigrant with the rape and murder of a mother of five on a hiking trail in August 2023.
Authorities in Oklahoma arrested 23-year-old Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez on suspicion of raping and killing 37-year-old Rachel Morin on Friday night, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said Saturday afternoon. Press conferenceGalar said Martinez-Hernandez entered the United States illegally after committing the murder in El Salvador. (RELATED: ‘No signs of backlash’: CNN data expert says majority of foreign-born voters support Trump over Biden)
“My understanding is that this suspect, this monster, murdered a young woman in El Salvador in January of 2023, then fled to the United States,” Gahler told reporters. “Upon arriving in the United States, he brutally attacked a 9-year-old girl and her mother in a home invasion in Los Angeles in March of 2023.”
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“Victor Hernandez didn’t come here to make a better life for himself or his family. He came here to escape the crimes he committed in El Salvador,” Gahler added. “He came here and he killed Rachel, and, God willing, he didn’t kill anyone else. But this should never have been allowed to happen.”
Los Angeles police are searching Martinez-Hernandez on assault and burglary charges for his role in a March 2023 home invasion, The Baltimore Sun reported. report.
Illegal immigration has become a key issue in the 2024 election campaign after a series of crimes involving undocumented immigrants. In February, Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan immigrant who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, was arrested by University of Georgia police and charged with the murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley.
According to RealClearPolling, only 32% of voters support President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. average The poll, conducted between May 15 and June 11, found Trump’s approval rating at 60%, but 60% also disapproved of his handling of the issue.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) report Since the start of fiscal year 2021, Border Patrol has encountered illegal immigrants more than 7 million times.
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