Panamanian murderer caught in D.C., lived off federal subsidies
Posted on Thursday, March 18 @ 10:48:32 EDT
Topic: Illegal Immigrant Gangs Terrorists
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 ALIPAC NOTE: This convicted murder and potential terrorist took full advantage of the failure of the President to enforce our existing immigration and border laws. Our immigration system could be repaired tomorrow if the President would simply do the job big business does not want him to do.
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A Panamanian murderer who escaped a prison in
the Central American country has been captured in the District, where
authorities say he used a fake Social Security card to obtain federally
subsidized housing and cruised around town in three luxury cars.
The FBI was led to 36-year-old Juan Barrera by an anonymous caller
who claimed Barrera was planning to fire a rocket launcher at a Metro
train, according to an affidavit recently filed in Greenbelt's federal
court.
The tip began an around-the-clock investigation, the affidavit
said. The FBI staked out Barrera's third-floor apartment at 1405
Montana Ave. NE, for two days in late January before taking him into
custody. Authorities said in court documents that Barrera did not own a
rocket launcher and had no plans to attack Metro.
By: Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer
March 18, 2010
Barrera has since been transferred from FBI
custody to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spokeswomen from both
agencies confirmed. The convicted murderer has been wanted on a warrant
from Panama since escaping from La Joya prison in early 2008, new
reports and Interpol said. Details regarding Barrera's murder
conviction were not readily available, an ICE spokeswoman said. English
language media organizations in Panama contacted by The Examiner found
little information through what they described as Panama's "broken"
court system.
Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating Barrera for identity fraud, court documents said.
Federal agents have executed search warrants on Barrera's apartment
and his Hyattsville Bank of America safety deposit box, an FBI
spokeswoman confirmed.
The returned warrants show that Barrera kept $21,200 in cash at the
bank along with a Panamanian birth certificate issued for Barrera's
alias, Antonio Armando Acuna. They also found a fake Social Security
card in that name and a D.C. driver's license.
Barrera reportedly told authorities he used the bogus Social
Security card to get the driver's license and secure his U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development subsidized apartment, court
documents said. A property manager for Brookland Manor Apartments told
authorities Barrera paid his rent for one year in advance.
Authorities also found that Barrera had three cars registered to
his alias in the District: a 1998 Lexus, a 2003 Infiniti and a 2008
Acura.
Barrera reportedly told authorities he entered the United States by sneaking in through Mexico, the affidavit said.
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