A 12-year-old Texas girl has had her “life stolen” by “illegal immigrant men” who are accused of assaulting and choking her, her distraught mother and grandfather said Tuesday, as they called for a “safer country” amid a record-breaking border crisis.
Alexis Nungaray slammed the federal government’s immigration policies in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Nungaray recalled her daughter, Jocelyn Nungaray, as a “young, beautiful woman” who was lured under a bridge by two illegal Venezuelan immigrants on June 16, where they brutally assaulted her for two hours and then killed her.
“We have to stop burying our children. This is not right,” an emotional Nungarei told Hannity, sitting next to Jocelyn’s grandfather, Kelvin Alvarenga.
“We need to step up when it comes to allowing people into the country. This is not acceptable. It will not be tolerated.”
Alvarenga urged lawmakers to think about the pain of grieving families and to act.
“Just sit back and think about these little angels that should never have been taken. They’ve been taken because we’re not doing the things we need to do, like testing these people,” he said.
“Incidents like this are happening all across the country. We need a safer country.”
Nungarei said little Jocelyn “was trying to achieve something, and these men – illegal immigrants – took that away from my daughter and from our family who was watching her grow into a wonderful person.”
“So now they’re taking away her voice, so I’m going to be her voice and stand strong and try to make a difference in this world, because this has got to stop.”
Jocelyn’s grisly murder is one of several brutal killings allegedly committed by illegal immigrants since President Biden took office. The high-profile cases have reignited anger over the 81-year-old Democrat’s weak stance on the border.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly confirmed that both suspects allegedly involved in Jocelyn’s shocking death entered the country illegally.
One of the suspects, Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26, illegally crossed the southern border in May, sources told The Post.
Meanwhile, the other murder suspect, Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, entered the country in March and was fitted with an ankle monitoring device, but it was removed in May after it was found to have no criminal history.
Rangel Martinez and Peña Ramos are accused of binding Nungaray’s hands, stripping him shirtless and assaulting him for two hours as he fought for his life.
Both men have been charged with murder.
Alexis Nungarei said her slain daughter was “slowly growing into a beautiful young woman with goals and dreams.”
“And that’s how far she got,” she added.
