Missouri State Police arrested five illegal immigrants from Mexico and Honduras. Allegedly kidnapped A teenage girl in Indiana who thought she was meeting someone through social media.
Indiana State Police said they received a report of a 14-year-old girl missing from her Cass County home by the girl’s father just before 2 a.m. The father told police he saw the girl getting into an unknown vehicle early Sunday morning, Father’s Day.
She thought she was meeting someone she met online.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said they received a report of the missing girl on Monday.
According to court documents, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office called the girl’s cellphone and located her in Hannibal, Missouri. After notifying local authorities, Highway Patrol troopers spotted a vehicle matching the suspect’s description and initiated a traffic stop.
According to police, the girl was found in a vehicle with five men and told them she was the missing teen. Following an investigation, police arrested the five men on charges of child abduction and endangering the welfare of a child.
The five men were booked into the Macon County Jail. Identified Police have identified Marlon Aguilar and Carlos Funes, both from Honduras, and Arturo Eustaquio, Noe Guzman Hernandez and Daniel Ruiz Lopez, both from Mexico, as suspects.
The men are being held without bail. To tell Their immigrant status puts them at risk of fleeing.
The girl reportedly told police she was planning to meet up with someone she met online.
Investigators believe the vehicle was headed to California. If convicted of kidnapping, the five suspects each face up to seven years in prison.
The girl is reportedly safe and has been returned to her family.
Experts are warning parents that they need to closely monitor their children’s social media activity and limit their access to prevent online predators from targeting them.
“Fear and Anxiety”
Crime by illegal immigrants has become a growing concern among voters ahead of the November presidential election. Former President Donald Trump continued to pledge to deport illegal immigrants, but the number of migrants crossing the border has surged under the Biden administration.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued an executive order implementing the largest amnesty for illegal immigrants since the Obama-era DACA order. Critics have accused Biden of unconstitutionally changing policy without congressional approval, but it was also a challenge to former President Barack Obama’s amnesty order.
“They’ve lived in fear and anxiety in America for too long,” Biden said in the announcement. “We can fix that, and that’s what I’m doing today!”
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