Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Peruvian Murderer Released by Border Patrol in May, Arrested by ICE in August

On August 14, the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) office in Buffalo, N.Y., reported its officers had arrested Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, a 38-year-old Peruvian national first encountered in May by CBP at the Southwest border after entering illegally, and then quickly processed and released.

May 16, Near Roma, Texas.

While CBP doesn’t release daily encounter data, that month Border Patrol agents apprehended 137,475 illegal entrants at the Southwest border, a lot by historical standards, though a slow month in Biden-Harris terms.

ERO Buffalo left out the part where he’s also apparently the leader of a gang called “Los Killers” back home, and while ICE mentioned he’s “wanted in his home country”, they failed to explain he’s wanted in connection with 23 killings there.

Despite that fact, according to CBP stats, Border Patrol agents at the Southwest border simply released more than 62,000 apprehended aliens in May on their own recognizance and with NTAs.

If the foregoing implies that I am blaming the Border Patrol agents who released Torres-Navarro near Roma, Texas, on May 16, I’m not; nothing could be further from the truth.

That May 2024 CBP press release claims that: “CBP, in collaboration with [ICE] and U.S.

https://cis.org/Arthur/Peruvian-Murderer-Released-Border-Patrol-May-Arrested-ICE-August 

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