Riley Gaines says Alejandro Mayorkas ‘ought to share a jail cell’ with Laken Riley’s killer: ‘Equally accountable’

Riley Gaines says Alejandro Mayorkas ‘ought to share a jail cell’ with Laken Riley’s killer: ‘Equally accountable’


In a sequence of X posts, American political activist and swimmer Riley Gaines has expressed her anger and misery over Laken Riley’s homicide after her killer, Jose Antonio Ibarra, was sentenced to life with out parole. In one explicit put up, Gaines accused United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas of being as liable for Riley’s dying as Ibarra.

Riley Gaines says Alejandro Mayorkas ‘ought to share a jail cell’ with Laken Riley’s killer (REUTERS/Nathan Howard, REUTERS/Go Nakamura)

“Alejandro Mayorkas ought to share a jail cell with Laken Riley’s assassin. They’re equally accountable,” Gaines wrote on X, sharing a photograph of Mayorkas.

Alejandro Mayorkas was accused of releasing Jose Antonio Ibarra

Back in April, Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley alleged that Mayorkas launched Ibarra, citing that there was no area to carry him. The 26-year-old killer is an undocumented migrant from Venezuela. He was convicted on 10 fees, together with homicide, kidnapping with bodily harm, aggravated assault with intent to rape, and tampering with proof.

Appearing earlier than the Senate, Hawley learn elements of Ibarra’s confidential immigration file and uncovered the truth that Homeland Security launched him on parole. “Now everyone knows that the rationale he was paroled into this nation is due to lack of detention capability, which you and I each know isn’t a legitimate purpose,” Hawley advised Mayorkas on the time.

Later, Hawley additionally took to X to blast Mayorkas, saying, “Here’s the reality. Mayorkas illegally paroled Laken Riley’s killer into the US. He had a felony file. He then dedicated a criminal offense in opposition to a baby in New York. No prosecution. In truth, HE GOT A WORK PERMIT. And then he killed Laken. Mayorkas knew *all* this. He lied about it”.

Meanwhile, Gaines shared extra posts about Riley. In one put up, she addressed the truth that Ibarra averted the dying penalty. “Taxpayers will fund this monster’s existence for the remainder of his life,” Gaines wrote. “He lives off the arduous work of Americans from a jail cell, whereas Laken Riley’s household has an empty seat at their kitchen desk. I’m sick.”

On X, Gaines additionally reposted Donald Trump’s put up concerning the sentencing, the place the president-elect wrote, “We love you, Laken, and our hearts will all the time be with you. It is time to safe our Border, and take away these criminals and thugs from our Country, so nothing like this will occur once more!”