Suspect in murder of Georgia mom Minelys Zoe Rodriguez-Ramirez was in the US illegally: lawmakers
The man suspected of killing a 25-year-old engaged Georgia mom and fitness TikToker was in the country illegally, according to state lawmakers who called her murder a “preventable tragedy.”Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanches, 24, was arrested last Monday on kidnapping charges related to the disappearance of Minelys “Mimi” Zoe Rodriguez-Ramirez, whose remains were found about a week after she was reported missing.Rivera-Sanches — who is expected to be charged with the young mom’s murder following an autopsy — had crossed the southern border illegally and was reportedly trying to run back to Mexico when he was arrested, Georgia Sen.
John Albers said.“The suspected murderer, Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanches, an illegal immigrant who had no right to be here, was apprehended in Atlanta as he tried to flee back to Mexico,” the Republican lawmaker said in a statement.Habersham County Police confirmed to 11Alive that Rivera-Sanches was in the US illegally.Albers said Rodriguez-Ramirez, who moved to Georgia from Puerto Rico six years ago, “did everything right, yet her life was cut short because of our federal government’s repeated failure to protect its own citizens.”Georgia Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch reiterated his colleague’s sentiments.
“The murder of Minelys Zoe Rodriguez-Ramirez, so close to my district, is a tragedy that should prompt us all to question how much longer we will put our own people at risk due to Washington’s failure to secure our borders,” Gooch said.“Mimi followed the law, worked hard and raised a family here, yet her life was stolen by an illegal alien who had no right to be in this country,” he added.
“Enough is enough.We must protect our families, uphold the dignity of those who respect our laws and restore the security that every community deserves.”The mom of a 9-year-old daughter back in Puerto Rico was last seen at a Walmart in Cornelia on Oct.
22.She was reported missing by her fiancé, Julio Tovor, the...