Failed Border City Mall Robbery Carried Out by 7 Illegal Aliens, Say Feds
Failed Border City Mall Robbery Carried Out by 7 Illegal Aliens, Say Feds
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https://media.breitbart.com/media/20...-2-640x480.jpgYoutube Screenshot30 Jul 20184MCALLEN, Texas — The men who are believed to have carried out a jewelry store robbery at a popular Texas border city shopping mall that was mistaken by locals for an active shooter situation were in the country illegally.
Seven men identified as Mexican nationals went before a McAllen municipal judge on Monday. The judge formally charged them each with one count of aggravated robbery. The judge set their bond at $200,000. Some of the men received an additional charge for failure to identify. This charge brought an additional $10,000 to their bond.
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Officials identified the men as 43-year-old Raul Alberto Rangel Rivera, 32-year-old Alfredo Rafael Barrera, 28-year-old Jorge Angel Rodriguez Mejia, 26-year-old Miguel Quintanilla Cardenas, 24-year-old Abner Zepeda Posos, 23-year-old Brayan Oliver Melchor, and 22-year-old Javier Leobardo Olvera Ramirez. Federal law enforcement sources revealed to Breitbart Texas that the seven men entered the country illegally.
The seven men are accused of barging into the Deutsch&Deutschjewelry store waiving what appears to be handguns in an attempted robbery. As Breitbart Texas reported at the time, shoppers at the La Plaza Mall mistook the sound of breaking display cases for gunfireleading to a widespread panic. The panic spread further through social media as local residents and some journalists reported an active shooter at the shopping center. Police told Breitbart Texas that no shots were fired.
In 2011, two San Antonio men carried out a similar robbery at the same jewelry store in McAllen. The duo managed to take 91 Rolex watches, The McAllen Monitor reported at the time. The men were caught days later near Waco during a traffic stop when authorities initially thought that the watches were counterfeit.
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7 Mexicans Arrested in Robbery at Texas Mall in US Illegally
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From left to right, top row: Brayan Oliver Melchor, Alberto Rafael Barrera, Miguel Quintanilla-Cardenas, Zepeda Abner Posos. From left to right, bottom row: Javier Leobardo Olvera-Ramirez, Raul Alberto Rangel-Rivera and Jorge Angel Rodriguez Mejia (McAllen Police Department)
By Zoe Papadakis | Tuesday, 31 July 2018 10:40 AM
Seven Mexican nationals living in the U.S. illegally were being held after a violent smash-and-grab robbery at a jewelry store in a Texas Mall that plays into President Donald Trump's charge that many of those coming across the border were criminals.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection was still trying to find out how and when the seven men got into the country, Fox News reported.
Reports of shooting – actually the sounds of jewelry cases being crashed in – drew a swift and heavy police response on Saturday to the La Plaza Mall in McAllen, a main shopping area in the Rio Grande Valley.
The seven suspects were arraigned in court Monday afternoon. Each was charged with aggravated robbery and five were additionally charged with giving police false identities, KRGV reported.
News of the suspects' nationalities sparked a divisive back-and-forth on social media.
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