Wordless Wednesday: Immigration Violations Lead to Homicide Connection
Jose Francisco Granados de la Paz, 30, a Mexican national, was serving a 37-month sentence in the U.S. for immigration violations when U.S. and Mexican authorities connected him with Mexico's ongoing investigation into the serial murders of young women in the Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, area. He was extradited yesterday to Mexico to stand trial for aggravated homicide after confessing to the June 2001 stabbing death of Mayra Juliana Reyes Solis.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Granados de la Paz will serve out the remainder of his sentence for U.S. immigration violations in Mexico, in addition to any time he may receive for the aggravated homicide charge.
The devotional candle pictured above was used in the 2004 Caravan for Justice tour to draw attention to the unsolved serial murders. It asks the women of Juarez, Mexico, "Who are the murderers?" For Reyes Solis, the question seems to have been answered.
Photo: David McNew/Getty Images
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Why is it so unusual that criminals on one side of the border might seek to escape identification and prosecution by crossing the border? Indeed, Mexico prohibits the death penalty being used against it’s nationals who commit crimes in the United States, so if anything this is simply an added inducement for their villains to violate our immigration laws. This case is particular stands as a sound argument in favor of securing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws to the fullest extent possible.