Suspect in killing of deputies was twice deported

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Source: AP

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected of killing two deputies during a shooting rampage in Northern California was deported twice to Mexico and had a drug conviction, federal authorities said Saturday.

The suspected shooter told Sacramento County Sheriff's investigators that he was 34-year-old Marcelo Marquez of Salt Lake City. However, his fingerprints match the biometric records of a Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte in a federal database, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice said.

Monroy-Bracamonte was first removed from the country in 1997 after being convicted in Arizona for possession of narcotics for sale. Monroy-Bracamonte was arrested and repatriated to Mexico a second time in 2001, Kice said.

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A search of Utah court records for Marquez shows a history of about 10 tickets and misdemeanor traffic offenses between 2003 and 2009. Those records list one speeding ticket for Monroy in 2009 and three small claims filings attempting to collect outstanding debts.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/47769e17d96f4710bf4ce2bd246d6e9d/suspect-2-deputy-deaths-captured-after-manhunt

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The AP also quotes a Salt Lake City resident who hired the suspected killer back around 2010 as a lawnmower. In fact, SLC is a "sanctuary city" that refuses to use the local police as immigration officials (unless an immigrant is convicted of a serious crime/felony), the basic model of a sanctuary city.

And I finished reading Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario last night before stumbling upon this story. The book shows how migrants risk their lives to get in the US first by hopping on top of freight trains that travel from Central America to Mexico and then paying smugglers to take them across the Rio Grande.

There's more info about Monroy-Bracamonte's life in the US since being deported in this Sac Bee article:

There are indications that he used multiple identities. One friend who knew him only as “Tiger” said she believed his name was Julian Beltran, and a Facebook account using that name features photos of “Beltran” that match photos of the alleged shooter on Marcelo Marquez’s Facebook page.

On the “Beltran” page, one photo shows him with a belly tattoo declaring “Mexican Pride” and “Sinaloa” on his chest, and indicates he is from Culiacán, Sinaloa. Bowman said in a statement that authorities are looking into both the suspects’ backgrounds.

“We have taken and submitted fingerprints to the federal database for confirmation of their identity,” Bowman said. “Until we know otherwise, we believe them to be and will refer to them as the names they provided; Marcelo Marquez and Janelle Monroy.”

[PatrynXX]

1. kinda ruins the idea deportation

keeps us safer huh smh

the fence idea is idiotic as well. doesn't work. $$$$$ when we should be putting the CEO's of companies that hire them in jail

[NaturalHigh]

2. Well he likely gets to stay here for the rest of his life now.