Illegal immigrant deported five times could get death
"This murder case is a textbook example of how wide open borders expose the Valley to violent crime," Thomas said in a news release. "It is amazing -- but, sadly, all too common -- that a criminal suspect who had been deported from this country five times was back again, committing more crimes. The government's continuing failure to control our borders has made Maricopa County’s residents vulnerable to the worst kinds of violence."
Illegal immigrant deported five times could get death if convicted of murder
10:13 AM Mountain Standard Time on Thursday, September 13, 2007
azfamily.com Staff
County Attorney Andrew Thomas said today that his office will go for the death penalty in the murder case against an illegal immigrant who had been deported five times.
Demetro Acosta-Uribe is accused of killing Ivan Santos in Phoenix back in May.
According to the county attorney's office, Santos' body was found in the front yard of a west Phoenix home. He had been shot to death and his head was covered in plastic.
Two other men were found at the same time, police reports show. Both were restrained in the same way. Neither had been shot, but investigators said one of the men would have suffocated if a neighbor had not come to his rescue.
Police believe Santos was shot and killed as he tried to escape.
Investigators arrested Acosta-Uribe in connection with the killing in July.
The county attorney's office said Acosta-Uribe, who is a citizen of Mexico, had been deported five times, first on April 29, 1988, and most recently on May 7, 2004.
"This murder case is a textbook example of how wide open borders expose the Valley to violent crime," Thomas said in a news release. "It is amazing -- but, sadly, all too common -- that a criminal suspect who had been deported from this country five times was back again, committing more crimes. The government's continuing failure to control our borders has made Maricopa County’s residents vulnerable to the worst kinds of violence."
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