GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Mexican nationwide who’s within the U.S. illegally was sentenced Thursday to 39 years in a Michigan jail for killing his girlfriend, against the law that out of the blue was thrust into the U.S. presidential race due to the person’s immigration standing.
“The actions I took on the night time of March 22 don’t outline who my individuals are. I apologize with the utmost respect to all immigrants from all walks of life,” Brandon Ortiz Vite advised a choose in Grand Rapids.
Ortiz Vite, 26, pleaded responsible in September to homicide and different crimes.
Ruby Garcia was discovered shot to dying on the facet of a Grand Rapids freeway.
She and Ortiz Vite had been in a automotive on U.S. 131, arguing about their relationship, when he shot her within the head, eliminated her physique from the automotive and drove away, investigators mentioned.
Last spring, former President Donald Trump publicly accused the Biden administration of failing to maintain Ortiz Vite in a foreign country after he was deported in 2020. But it’s not identified whether or not he returned to the U.S. over the past yr of the Trump administration or in the course of the Biden administration.
AP VoteCast, an in depth survey of greater than 115,000 voters nationwide, discovered that Trump’s supporters on Election Day had been largely targeted on immigration and inflation.
“You, sir, are a cold-blooded assassin,” Judge Mark Trusock advised Ortiz Vite. “This is an intentional crime, and you’re a hazard to society.”
Ortiz Vite urged he was utilizing medication that day.
“I can’t clarify my thoughts that night time,” he mentioned. “However, deep down inside, I knew I used to be flawed.”