Feds Finally Get Serious With Convicted Murderer From Mexico; Man Deported Twice After '88 California Slaying
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Ray Stern, Friday, Jun. 11 2010 @ 4:24PM
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Immigration Spotlight
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The feds are finally getting serious about folks like Evelio Padilla-Ortega.
Padilla-Ortega served just six years in a Mexican prison for a 1988 murder he committed in California, then snuck back into the United States.
The Mexican national, now 47, was caught by U.S. authorities in 2003 and deported. The law caught up to him again after another illegal crossing -- but only after he'd been arrested for theft and aggravated DUI.
When he was released from a one-year prison term for those crimes, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency again sent Padilla-Ortega back to the border and set him free. And, naturally, he returned.
This week, he ended up on ICE's radar for a third time after someone called an ICE tip line about him. But the agency is going to actually do something this time.
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