By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-20 15:17:51 | Updated at 2024-11-27 07:53:47
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Gang Affiliation, Taxpayer-Funded Flights, & More Infuriating Bombshells in the Laken Riley Murder Trial
PJ Media ^ | 11/20/24 | Sarah Anderson
Posted on 11/20/2024 7:10:00 AM PST by CFW
Yesterday was the third day of the Laken Riley murder trial in Athens, Georgia, and the day on which prosecutors rested their case after calling 25 witnesses to the stand.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the case, Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered while jogging on the University of Georgia campus earlier this year. Her alleged murderer, José Antonio Ibarra, is a 26-year-old Venezuelan man who is in the United States illegally. He's been charged with felony murder, malice murder, false imprisonment, hindering a 911 call, aggravated assault with intent to rape, and kidnapping, among other things. He faces life in jail if convicted. The case has garnered national attention at a time when illegal immigration and criminal migrants are big topics in the United States.
If you haven't been able to watch any of the trial, I must warn you: It has been, at times, equal parts heartbreaking and infuriating. Full disclosure: I attended the University of Georgia myself and have spent a lot of time on that campus. I've never once felt unsafe there, which makes this murder all the more disturbing and upsetting. That said, here are the highlights.
Ibarra came to the U.S. illegally in September 2022, passing over the border in El Paso, Texas. While he was detained at a processing facility, immigration officials eventually released him, allowing him to stay in the country temporarily until his trial date. He ended up in New York, where he was arrested for a minor crime and released in August 2023. While in New York, Ibarra spent time living with a roommate, Rosbeli Flores-Bello, in a car, and eventually living with Flores-Bello, his wife, and his mother-in-law in housing that had been converted into a shelter for migrants.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: georgia; illegalalien; lakenriley; murder
I tried watching some of the trial since this happened in a county not far from mine. I couldn't do it. It's too heart-wrenching.
What the Biden-Harris administration has done to this nation with their open borders policies should be considered a criminal offense at the minimum. I call it an act of treason.
1 posted on 11/20/2024 7:10:00 AM PST by CFW
To: CFW
No wonder Trump is assembling a “get things done” team. This crap has got to stop and people need to be held accountable to prevent it from happening in the future.
2 posted on 11/20/2024 7:12:25 AM PST by 1Old Pro
To: CFW
The ChiComjoe Administration officials should be indicted as co-defendants in the Laken Riley murder trial.
3 posted on 11/20/2024 7:13:42 AM PST by Carl Vehse
To: CFW
Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered while jogging
It just now dong'ed on me that Riley's murder is receiving nowhere near the attention that Ahmaud Arbery did for being "murdered while jogging while black" in early 2020.
4 posted on 11/20/2024 7:16:54 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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