A teenage girl attending a baseball game in Indiana was stabbed randomly over the weekend by an illegal immigrant who local authorities say had previously been deported.
A 14-year-old girl was watching her brother's baseball game in Lowell, Indiana on Saturday when a man suddenly stabbed her in the hand and fled the scene. According to Police arrested Dimas Gabriel Yañez, a 26-year-old Honduran national, on Sunday after a foot pursuit through a Lake County cornfield, according to NBC Chicago. (Related story: 'Clearly flawed': Immigration hardliners slam Biden-Harris administration's decision to quickly resume mass parole program)
Local police appear to suggest that Yanez was involved in organized crime after returning to the United States.
“It is believed [Yanez] “Prior to his arrest, the suspect was in the process of getting a haircut to improve his appearance,” Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said at a press conference Sunday. statement“Investigators determined that Yañez was deported to Honduras in 2018 and may have engaged in criminal activity throughout the United States since his illegal return.”
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“The Department of Homeland Security was notified of his arrest today,” Martinez continued.
Yanez also allegedly tried to attack the girl's mother when she tried to intervene. According to Police were called. The weapon is believed to be a meat cleaver.
The attack in northwest Indiana follows other high-profile attacks against women allegedly committed by illegal immigrants, including Laken Riley, who was allegedly killed by a Venezuelan man in February, a Salvadoran man arrested in June for the murder of a mother of five in Maryland last year, and two Venezuelan men who allegedly sexually assaulted and killed 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in June.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has taken a tough stance on illegal immigration. Threatening Lawsuits against every jurisdiction in the state that has enacted “sanctuary city” laws.
“We welcome people who want to be patriots to the United States. They bring value to America and want to live by the values ​​this country was founded on,” Rokita said in a statement in May. “The first way they can demonstrate that is by following our laws.”
“Those who enter our country legally and do not comply with our laws should not be allowed to stay,” he continued.
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