Authorities tried to lock up, deport shooter who killed Fort Myers police officer

By JENNA BUZZACCO (Contact)
9:51 p.m., Monday, July 21, 2008



Abel Arango

How?

That question is on the minds of police, residents and government officials in the case of Abel Arango, the Cuban refugee who shot and killed a Fort Myers police officer last week.

How is it that U.S. authorities were unable to deport him and how was it that Arango, who possessed a lengthy criminal record, was able to slip through cracks in the legal justice systems in Collier and Lee counties?

“This is a person that should have been locked up,â€