Thread: MO: Alleged illegal immigrant charged with violent crime

Alleged illegal immigrant charged with violent crime
Donna Clevenger
BDN Staff Writer
Feb 15, 2008

FORSYTH — A 20-year-old man suspected by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement of being in the country illegally has been charged with forcible rape and is being held in the Taney County Jail.

A warrant was served Feb. 5 for the arrest of Mario Antonio Ardon-Lainez, listed with a Springfield address, on the charge of forcible, strongarm rape. “I had warrants served late Tuesday night. He was an illegal based on the information I had,â€

[quote]Jim Counts with the ICE field office responded to a query by Branson Daily News on the status of his residency in the U.S.

“We have placed a detainer on him. We believe he is in the country illegally, so we sent the paper work to the (Taney County) jail to be put in his file, which essentially says whether it be one day or twenty years, don’t let him go back on the street. Whenever they are finished with him, we will come pick him up and start deportation proceedings,â€

If amnesty is granted will it include IAs doing time?