Thread: Houston Murderer, Deported to Mexico, Found Passed Out Near

Mario Montalban-Ramirez: Houston Murderer,
Deported to Mexico,
Found Passed Out Near Minnesota Bus Stop

By Richard Connelly, Thu., Jan. 6 2011 @ 11:34AM



​If a dude was convicted of murder -- in hardboiled, law-and-order Texas, then deported to Mexico, you probably would think you've seen the last of him.

Not when the dude in question is the hard-partying Mario Montalban-Ramirez, however.

Convicted of murder in Houston in 1984, he received an eight-year sentence but was released two years later because hey, it was the '80s, man.

He eventually moved to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and was arrested several times, mostly involving escapades featuring him being incredibly drunk. Minnesota got tired of him and sent him back to Texas; Texas deported him to Mexico in 2003.

You can't keep an alcoholic illegal-alien convicted murderer down, though.

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Montalban-Ramirez, who sometimes goes by the name of Oscar Yturria, was arrested this week, passed out at a bus stop near a college campus, a nearly empty bottle of vodka in his pocket.

He was initially booked on an open-container charge but now faces federal charges of illegally re-entering the country, which seems to be pretty much a slam-dunk conviction for prosecutors, since he will be present in the courtroom and all.

No word on whether they're sending him back to Texas.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs ... amirez.php

WE DON"T WANT HIM!


Def

UNBELIEVABEL! This scumbag should have been executed. Now he is back on the street and most likely will start killing again.

3 times deported, killer still here
An illegal immigrant's frequent arrests in Minnesota over the past 20 years show cracks in a system meant to bar foreign criminals.

By JAMES WALSH, Star Tribune

Last update: January 17, 2011 - 11:36 PM

The guy found passed out in a St. Paul bus shelter near the University of St. Thomas with a drained bottle of vodka in his coat pocket was not just any homeless drunk.

Mario Montalban-Ramirez, 61, was convicted of manslaughter in Illinois in 1982, convicted of murder in Texas in 1984 and sent back to his native Mexico three times -- in 1996, 1997 and 2003 -- for being in the United States illegally. He also has been a frequent customer in local jails, locked up for such offenses as DWI, theft, assault and being a fugitive from justice.

So how is it that Montalban-Ramirez, who often goes by the name of Oscar Yturria, has been able to spend much of the past two decades in Minnesota -- including several visits to jail since his last deportation?

Federal and local officials acknowledge that they don't know why he's been allowed to stay despite so many run-ins with the law.

It's a lapse they're trying to remedy now, charging him in federal court recently with illegal reentry after deportation. If found guilty, he could spend up to 20 years in federal prison -- after which he would be deported again.

But Montalban-Ramirez illustrates the challenges of keeping even known criminals out of the United States if they are determined to return.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said they could not comment on the case and referred questions to the U.S. attorney's office. ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer acknowledged that detailed records do not exist for many offenders before ICE was created in 2003. He stressed that ICE now "works closely with many law enforcement agencies nationwide to identify deportable criminal aliens who have been arrested on criminal charges. ... We ensure that, when their criminal proceedings are completed, they're released to ICE rather than being released to the streets."

Two killings, no deportation

That doesn't explain how a convicted killer and illegal immigrant has avoided deportation after most of his U.S. crimes.

Illinois Department of Corrections officials confirmed last week that Oscar Yturria was convicted in Cook County, Ill., of voluntary manslaughter in 1982 and sentenced to four years behind bars. He was turned over to the custody of the prison system on June 25, 1982. There is no record of whether Illinois officials knew he was in the United States illegally, a spokeswoman said.

He remained under Illinois prison authority until Feb. 28, 1985. But in April 1984, Montalban-Ramirez, still going by the name Oscar Yturria, stabbed a man to death in Texas.

Sharyn Elman, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Corrections, said records do not show how Montalban-Ramirez managed to be in Texas before his Illinois sentence was completed. She said he was probably freed on parole.

Texas records show that Montalban-Ramirez pleaded guilty to murder in October 1984 and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Charlotte Harris, his defense attorney, said they were ready to plead not guilty and go to trial when the prosecution offered a deal.

Harris recalls that she knew that Montalban-Ramirez was in the United States illegally, but that she doesn't know if Texas officials knew it at the time.

"It was a totally different world as far as immigration went," said Harris, who is now an assistant federal public defender in Texas. "I don't think the state and the feds were in contact with each other as much as they are today."

Despite the eight-year sentence, Montalban-Ramirez served just two years behind bars before he was again paroled in 1986. He was not deported.

Minnesota records

State criminal records obtained by the Star Tribune show that Montalban-Ramirez -- again going by the name Oscar Yturria -- was ticketed in Minnesota for driving under the influence in February 1990. Since then, records show he has tallied eight traffic tickets -- for violations ranging from speeding to DWI. He also has a Washington County conviction in 1993 for driving without a license.

He's become a frequent resident of Twin Cities jails. He was booked four times into the Hennepin County jail from March 1996 through September 1998, mostly for alcohol-related offenses.

That put him on the radar of immigration officials, who deported him in 1996 and 1997.

But that wasn't the end of his legal troubles here. Ramsey County jail records show arrests before and after his deportations.

On May 30, 1997, he was booked for exposing himself and for an immigration violation. On March 11, 2001, he was booked for being a fugitive and felony theft.

On March 17, 2006, he was busted again, for felony assault and being a fugitive. On March 2, 2007, he was jailed for theft of services. Then, on March 19, 2007, he was booked by Metro Transit Police for trespassing.

On May 19, 2007, he was booked for theft and not paying bus fare. Then, on Aug. 5, 2007, he was booked again for trespassing and theft.

Yet the only other deportation on his record is in 2003.

www.startribune.com

Just a hard working guy who does the work american citizens won't do right?

Originally Posted by moptop

Just a hard working guy who does the work american citizens won't do right?

Deport him to Russia...............Good Vodka there.

Man admits returning to U.S. after deportation

The convicted felon has spent most of the past 20 years in Minnesota. A guilty plea Monday could get him 20 years in prison.

By JAMES WALSH, Star Tribune

Last update: March 21, 2011 - 9:11 PM

Being convicted of killing a couple of people didn't get Mario Montalban-Ramirez deported. Being passed out drunk at a bus stop in St. Paul probably will -- after he serves a term in federal prison.

Montalban-Ramirez, 62, pleaded guilty Monday to illegally entering the United States after deportation, a crime that could put him behind bars for 20 years before another likely deportation. Such a sentence would be the most significant time he has served over three decades of offenses in Minnesota and elsewhere.

He will be sentenced at a later date.

Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) say that cracking down on convicted felons who are in the country illegally is a high priority. ICE agents were checking the Ramsey County jail roster last December when they discovered a man who has repeatedly slipped through the cracks.

The man who passed out with a nearly empty bottle of vodka in his coat pocket was not just any homeless drunk. Montalban-Ramirez was convicted of manslaughter in Illinois in 1982, convicted of murder in Texas just two years later and had three previous deportations to his native Mexico -- in 1996, 1997 and 2003.

Yet, despite other arrests since his latest deportation, Montalban-Ramirez -- who has often gone by the name of Oscar Yturria -- has been able to stay here for much of the past two decades.

Federal and local officials acknowledged in January that they don't know how he has been allowed to stay despite so many run-ins with the law. Prosecutors admit that many deportees quickly return to the United States, drawn by families and jobs and lives built here over the years -- despite criminal records.

Officials are turning more to federal illegal-reentry prosecutions and the longer prison terms they carry to at least slow the revolving door.

ICE officials won't comment on Montalban-Ramirez, a short man with a full head of white hair who was living at a mission in St. Paul when he was arrested. He seemed far removed from the man convicted of violence more than 30 years ago.

On Monday, he stood before U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz, politely answering questions. When Schiltz asked if he'd had anything to drink in the past 24 hours, Montalban-Ramirez replied through an interpreter: "I don't know when, no."

He said he was taking medications for high blood pressure, for his kidneys and for constipation. Schiltz determined that Montalban-Ramirez was clear-headed enough to enter a guilty plea.

Montalban-Ramirez admitted he couldn't remember being arrested in December. He does remember waking up in the Ramsey County jail, he told his attorney, Katherian Roe.

Jeanne Cooney, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office, said her office now prosecutes about 10 cases per month of people illegally reentering the country after previous deportations -- compared with almost none before 2008.

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/118406124.html

Just like any other illegal ... if he is here illegally then deport him...no questions. NO documentation then send him back to where ever he came from.