the man suspected A 25-year-old Georgia mom and fitness TikToker murdered She was in the country illegally, according to state lawmakers, who called her murder a “preventable tragedy.”
Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanchez, 24, was arrested last Monday on kidnapping charges related to the disappearance of Minellis “Mimi” Zoe Rodriguez-Ramirez, whose remains were found about a week after she was reported missing.
Georgia Senator John Albers said Rivera-Sanchez – who is expected to be charged with the murder of the young mother following an autopsy – had crossed the southern border illegally and was reportedly trying to flee back to Mexico. When he was arrested.
“The suspected killer, Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant who had no right to be here, was captured in Atlanta as he was trying to flee back to Mexico,” the Republican lawmaker said. Said in a statement.
Habersham County Police Confirmed with 11Alive Rivera-Sanchez was in the US illegally.
Albers said Rodriguez-Ramirez, who moved to Georgia from Puerto Rico six years ago, “did everything right, yet her life was cut short because of the repeated failure of our federal government to protect its own citizens.” Went.”
Georgia Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch echoed his colleague’s sentiments.
Gooch said, “The murder of Minellis Zoe Rodriguez-Ramirez, so close to my district, is a tragedy that should make us all question how much longer we can let our people suffer because of Washington’s failure to secure our borders.” Will put you at risk.”
“Mimi followed the law, worked hard and raised a family here, yet her life was stolen by an illegal alien who had no right to be in this country,” he said. “Enough is enough. We must protect our families, maintain the dignity of those who respect our laws, and restore the protections every community deserves.”
The mother of a 9-year-old daughter in Puerto Rico was last seen at a Walmart in Cornelia on October 22. The day after she did not come home, her fiance Julio Tovar reported her missing.
Rodriguez-Ramirez told Tovar that she was going to the megastore to exchange photos with an acquaintance. According to the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, around 9:30 p.m. the night she disappeared, she received a strange message from someone she said didn’t sound like her.
“I’m waiting for brother to pick him up,” Message Reading.
The remains of a woman, believed to be the missing mother, were later found on Furniture Drive near the Walmart parking lot.
Albers blamed the Biden administration’s lax border policies for the killing of Rodriguez-Ramirez and the 22-year-old’s killing in February. Georgia Nursing Student Laken Riley Allegedly at the hands of illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra.
“Once again, our open border policies have claimed another innocent life on American soil, right here in Georgia,” Albers said. “…How many more lives might have been lost because of the open border policies in Washington, DC?
“Earlier this year, our community mourned The tragic death of Laken Riley, A resident of my district, and now we mourn Mimi Rodriguez-Ramirez. These were preventable tragedies, and we will not forget them,” said the chairman of the Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee. “Tell me their names.”
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