By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-04 00:38:09 | Updated at 2024-10-07 14:24:01
3 days ago
Multiple failures led to MS-13 murder suspect attending Maryland schools, official says
The Baltimore Sun ^ | October 3, 2024 | Chris Papst
Posted on 10/03/2024 5:08:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A former federal law enforcement officer says multiple government failures allowed an MS-13 gang member and suspected killer, who has since been convicted of murder, to attend two Maryland public schools.
“My message is be outraged, be mad, be angry and take action,” Mark Morgan, a former FBI agent and the former Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said about what he would tell parents whose children were sitting in class with an MS-13 suspected murderer, and they didn’t know it.
Morgan’s been watching, over the past few weeks, as FOX45 investigated the death of Kayla Hamilton, and how her murderer, Walter Martinez, was allowed to attend two Maryland schools after he killed the 20-year-old in Harford County.
“This is about public safety,” said Morgan. “There were multiple failures in our system.”
According to Morgan, those failures started in March 2022 when Martinez entered the United States illegally through Texas as an unaccompanied minor. When the 16-year-old crossed the border, he was taken into custody by Border Patrol. But Morgan says Martinez was likely not properly vetted as a potential MS-13 gang member before authorities released him to a sponsor’s home in Frederick County, Maryland.
“We should not be releasing them into our country until we have the ability, at least to thoroughly and properly vet this individual to fully understand their criminal background,” Morgan said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
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1 posted on 10/03/2024 5:08:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
The system failed. Mistakes were made.
2 posted on 10/03/2024 5:14:52 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: Steely Tom
“Nobody important was effected.”
3 posted on 10/03/2024 5:15:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Kayla Hamilton, murdered by an illegal alien:
4 posted on 10/03/2024 5:15:58 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Do you get free citizenship if you kill a citizen?
5 posted on 10/03/2024 5:20:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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