Thread: Honduran Deportee Charged for Brutal Assault, Robbery

by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
14 Feb 2017
McAllen, TX

McALLEN, Texas — A previously deported illegal immigrant from Honduras has been arrested in connection with the brutal beating of a 56-year-old man while stealing his car. The man was about to be removed again before local police officers were able to charge him for the latest crimes.

McAllen Police confirmed to Breitbart Texas that they have arrested and formally charged 31-year-old Andres Roberto Ortiz with one count of aggravated robbery. Investigators and prosecutors took Ortiz before a McAllen municipal judge who set bond for the illegal immigrant at $2 million.



he case began on January 30 at 12:29 a.m. when police responded to a vehicle rollover. Officers responded to a canal off Frontage Road where they spotted a vehicle in the water. Witnesses at the scene told authorities that the driver, who was later identified as Ortiz, had run away.

As part of the investigation, authorities went to the house that the vehicle had been registered to, information provided to Breitbart Texas by McAllen Police revealed. Outside of the house, they encountered a 56-year-old man who had been brutally assaulted. The man was rushed to a local hospital where he remains in critical condition.

The 56-year-old man has since been identified as the owner of the vehicle. The victim was at his home when the Honduran illegal immigrant arrived and assaulted him to steal the vehicle. Authorities have been able to determine that Andres Roberto Ortiz had been deported multiple times before being connected to the robbery.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested the illegal immigrant in connection with an unrelated case and had turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. McAllen Police contacted ICE and learned that federal authorities had scheduled the man for deportation. The federal agency transported Ortiz back to McAllen and turned him over to local authorities so he could be prosecuted for the latest charge.

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/...sault-robbery/

by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
4 Mar 2017

MCALLEN, Texas — Police arrested a previously deported illegal immigrant in connection with the beating of a local man to steal his car. The Honduran national is now facing capital murder charges after the victim died.

As Breitbart Texas initially reported, on January 30, McAllen Police responded to a car crash where the vehicle had landed in an irrigation canal. At the scene, witnesses told police that the driver had run away. Police officers went to the house listed on the vehicle’s registration. Outside of the house, authorities found a 56-year-old man who had been brutally beaten and rushed him to a local hospital. Officials reported the man to be in critical condition. Authorities believe that the Honduran illegal immigrant assaulted the victim at his home in an attempt to steal his vehicle. Authorities identified the suspect as 31-year-old Andres Roberto Ortiz, a previously deported illegal immigrant from Honduras.

After several days in critical condition, the victim died. Prosecutors upgraded the charges against the Honduran man from aggravated assault to capital murder, information provided to Breitbart Texas by McAllen Police revealed. With the new charges, the suspect’s bond is set at $2 million.

When authorities initially identified the suspect, they learned federal authorities had him in custody in an unrelated case. Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol arrested the suspect and turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. The immigration officers were scheduling his deportation. McAllen Police contacted ICE and had the man sent to this city where prosecutors charged him for his alleged role in the robbery. Under Texas law, capital murder is punishable by either a sentence of life in prison sentence or death by lethal injection, following conviction.

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/...der-theft-car/