Brother Jose Ibarra, 26-year-old Venecuelan Ilegal Immigrant convicted of the murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on February 2, 2024, while she was running on Campus of Georgia UniversityHe was sentenced to prison and deportation after admitting guilt for a false green card during the murder investigation.
Diego “Gocho” Ibarra, 29, from Venezuela, was sentenced to four years behind the bars on Wednesday after recognizing the guilt of two points of possession of the fake document on July 15, 2024. The sentence was above the federal range in the guidelines and will not be fulfilled for a conditional condition.
Riley’s killer, Jose Ibarra, lived with his brothers-Diego and Argenis “Meny” Ibarra, 25, from Venezuele-i a female roommate, Rosbeli “La Gorda” Flores-Bello, 29, from Venezuele, in Athens, Georgia apartment complex At the time of the murder. All four were questioned and arrested by investigators.
Diego Ibarra appears in the Federal Court for charges of immigration on Thursday. Ibarra is the brother of Jose Ibarra, who was sentenced in November in the murder of Laken Riley in Athens, him. (Lucy Luckovich)
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Argenis Ibarra and Flores-Bello admitted that they had false green cards under different names on February 23, 2024 and acknowledged guilt for possessing a false document in December 2024. However, they remained in the United States.
In the verdict on Wednesday, US District Judge Tilman E. Self was ordered by Diego Ibarra Us immigration and customs implementation (Ice) The guardian at the end of his federal prison sentence and ordered Argenis Ibarra and Flores-Bello to be immediately appointed in custody on ice.
According to court documents and statements, the Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) was notified of the illegal presence of Diego Ibarre in the United States on February 2, 2024, during the investigation of the murder in Laken Riley.
Jose Ibarra appears in a court in Athens, Ga., November 1, 2024. (Robin Rayne for Fox News Digital)
At that time, the officer of the Athene-Clarka (ACCPD) Police Directorate, who sought Jose Ibarra, approached Diego Ibarri because he aligned his brother’s description.
Diego Ibarra gave the ACCPD official a false green card when he asked for identification and was taken into custody.
Investigators later discovered his trip to the US Multiple illegal border crossingsAnd, once in the US, his criminal activity continued.
He was first sent to Mexico on April 3, 2023, after being illegally caught entering the United States near Eagle Passa in Texas, according to a statement from the American Law Office for Middle District of Georgia.
Diego Ibarra appears in the Federal Court for charges of immigration in Macon, GA., March 8. (Lucy Luckovich)
Less than a month later, on April 30, 2023, he tried to break into the ground with four other Venezuela men crossing the border near the Yslet station in El Pasou, Texas.
In the fight with agents of the United States Border Patrol (USBP), Diego Ibarra grabbed and threw agent service radio before trying to bite the agent. The meeting was broken by members of the National Guard.
He was taken to the hospital after complaining about his chest pain and back pain and leg pain, which he attributed to the scalp and falls from the border fence during an illegal crossing.
After admitting that his injuries were not from fighting with agents, Azil claimed “fear of returning” to Venezuela.
Ice performs flights to remove illegal immigrants from the USA of their home country. (Ice Seattle)
The Ice Ice Implementation Operations (ERO) put it in the alternative program in custody (ATD) on May 11, 2023, and the next day was released from the custody of immigration, provided he carried GPS bracelets for ankles and reports to New York on Azil waiting. He never appeared.
Diego Ibarra ankle monitor the last “pinge” near Littleton, Colorado, May 25, 2023, and interrupted him at some point before his last arrest, the statement said.
He moved to Georgia, where he briefly worked in an extinguished cafeteria, after which he was arrested on various charges, including DUI and a ride without permission on September 24, 2023; theft 27 October 2023; and theft with an extraordinary arrest warrant on December 8, 2023.
Laken Riley was a student of nurses found dead near the lake at the Georgia University of Georgia on February 2, 2024. (Allyson Phillips/Facebook)
ACCPD also responded to the domestic incident involving Diego Ibarra and his girlfriend on September 26, 2023.
While closed at the Butts District Center for false documents found during the Riley murder investigation, Diego Ibarra caused “serious damage to the water” when he broke the fire spray system in prison, the statement said.
June 25, 2024. The Prison Guard found an Ibarra with two improvised weapons, including a tightened sprayer head with a makeshift grip and a pencil wrapped in a sarah wrapper.
Court documents note that Diego Ibarra is probably related to the Venecuela Illegal Immigrant Street Band Band of the Treatment of de Aragua (TDA), based on evidence that included his multiple TDA tattoo and photographs on her social media as the signs of TDA Bandi and wearing TDA clothing.
Alleged members of the gang of a moment de Aragua (Edward Romero)
On Saturday, President Donald Trump called on the Enemies of Aliens of 1798 to target TDA, and appointed a foreign terrorist organization on February 20 State Department.
While the backdrop of the intersection of the border of Argenis Ibarra and Flores-Bello is less long than Diego Ibarra, investigators have found that Argenis Ibarra has also entered the United States several times.
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Argenis Ibarra entered the United States illegally on April 3, 2023, near Eagle Passa in Texas, and USBP returned him to Mexico.
Less than a month later, on April 30, 2023, USBP re -arrested him near El Pas in Texas and took him to an ice processing center in El Pas, the statement said. He was released on May 4, 2023, “because the processing center lacked space.”
The implementation of the law and agents defend the border at El Pas in Texas. (David Peinado/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
Similarly, Flores-Bello was arrested after entering the country illegally on May 3, 2023, taken to the Ice Processing Center in El Pas and released on May 5, 2023, “because the processing center lacked space,” the statement said.
She secured her home address in New York, and was scheduled for a hearing of an immigration court on October 18, 2023, but in December 2023, with Jose Ibarra, whom she met, she performed a humanitarian flight in Atlanta in Georgia State with Jose Ibar.
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She settled in Athens and lived with the Ibarra brothers until Laken Riley was killed.
Jose Ibarra was convicted on November 20, 2024 for the murder of evil, three points of criminal offense of murder and an attack with the intention of rape, among other accusations, in the higher court of Athens-Clarka district.
Serves a life punishment.
Audrey Conklin Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
