To follow up on an earlier story
An illegal immigrant ranch worker wanted in the fatal beating of a young Hispanic man may have fled to Mexico, authorities said.
Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said Froilan Caseres, 24, a Honduran, is suspected of using a bat early Monday to beat to death Adin Jaret Rodriguez, a Mexican national in his early 20s. Caseres was employed at a ranch owned by state Rep. Kino Flores, who said he hired Caseres without checking his immigration status. Authorities said Rodriguez’s body was found in a shed next to horse stables on the ranch. Rodriguez did not work at the ranch and was also in the U.S. illegally, authorities said.
Trevino said Caseres caught a ride to the border and was filmed crossing the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge just before 2:45 a.m. Monday. He boarded a bus bound for Monterrey and another to Mexico City, but Mexican authorities have yet to locate and arrest him.
Will the Justice Department take a look at Flores’ illegal hiring of an illegal?
BTW, the AP is unsure of what party Flores is part of.
In related news, while at Houston Chronicle
Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company Inc. pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and agreed to pay a $1.3 million forfeiture to the government, federal prosecutors said.
Three former and current managers of the Houston company also pleaded guilty Friday to hiring or continuing to hire illegal aliens. The case is part of a government attempt to crackdown on employers who hire illegal immigrants.
Good. If we want to stop much of the illegal immigration, we need to smack around the companies who hire them.
