The mother of an illegal immigrant who was arrested for trying to pay a hitman to kill a witness involved in her son’s murder trial was previously in federal custody but later released, immigration officials told Daily・Confirmed with Kohler News Foundation.
Josefina Cardona-Cardona, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was accused Monday of agreeing to pay an undercover agent to kill two cooperating witnesses in the stabbing death of her son in Palm Beach County, Florida. was arrested. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Cardona Cardona entered the country illegally and was detained by authorities in 2019, but has since been released and is monitoring immigrants awaiting trial. I confirmed that I was sent to a program intended to do so. date.
The Guatemalan immigrant apparently did not follow the program and was absent from immigration.
“Josefina Cardona-Cardona is an illegal non-citizen from Guatemala who entered the country illegally on an unknown date and location without admission or parole,” an ICE spokesperson told DCNF. The agency confirmed that Mr. Cardona-Cardona was arrested by Border Patrol on April 4, 2019 and transferred to the custody of a forced removal operation on April 8, 2019. (Related article: Illegal immigrant arrested for kidnapping, child sexual assault, sentenced to years-long trial)
However, she did not remain in the physical custody of the authorities for long.
“[She was] He was subsequently released on a recognizance order and required to enroll in and comply with an Alternative to Detention Program,” an ICE spokesperson said. An immigration judge in Miami, Florida, ordered Cardona-Cardona to be suspended from the United States, meaning she never showed up for her immigration hearing, a spokeswoman said. added.
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Cardona-Cardona was arrested Monday in Palm Beach County for allegedly agreeing to pay an undercover police officer who he thought was a hit man to kill two witnesses who cooperated in his teenage son’s murder trial. arrested by law enforcement. She offered to pay her $4,000 for each hit. according to Arrest report.
Her son, Manuel Marcos Cardona, was attending his fifth birthday party in June 2022 when an argument broke out. A person intervened to break up the fight, but Marcos Cardona then stabbed him five times, and the victim died from his wounds the next day.
Marcos Cardona, who was 14 years old at the time of the crime, was charged as an adult. then passed If he agrees to the plea deal, he will be sentenced to 15 years in prison.
ICE confirmed to DCNF that its Enforcement and Removal Operations Division subsequently filed a complaint for detaining Cardona-Cardona.she Currently being held She is being held in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office jail, and local officials said she will be subject to deportation after the charges are completed.
The revelation of Cardona-Cardona’s referral to Alternatives to Detention (ATD) marks the latest stain on the controversial program.
Founded in 2004, ATD program This allows immigrants to move freely within the country and avoid physical detention while awaiting their immigration court date. This is done by using GPS monitoring, phone applications, or other forms of tracking services to keep you informed of your whereabouts.
ICE says enrollment in the program has increased as the current border crisis intensifies, with hundreds of thousands of immigrants now enrolled in the program. However, previous DCNF research has shown that instead of relying on GPS surveillance, which can track the location of illegal immigrants most of the time or all the time, the Biden administration will rely more on phone applications that track the location of illegal immigrants only at certain times. It turned out that .
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