LAREDO, Texas — A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor who confessed to killing four women and assaulting a fifth who managed to escape remained in jail Monday, police said in court records. Juan David Ortiz is being held in Laredo on $2.5 million bond on four counts of murder, aggravated assault...
Tibbetts Slaying Focuses Attention on Immigrants in Farming
DES MOINES, Iowa — The arrest of a Mexican farmworker in the death of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts renewed calls to change immigration laws, but it also focused attention on the immigrant workers whose labor is essential to the state's agricultural industry. Hours after authorities found the body of...
Experts: Legal Status Check Systems Can Be Easily Exploited
MONTEZUMA, Iowa — The systems offered by the U.S. government to check the legal status of workers like the Mexican man now suspected of killing an Iowa college student can be easily exploited through identity fraud and gaps in government systems, experts say. In the case of Cristhian Bahena Rivera,...
Roe's Video Pick: "Long Shot" on Netflix
Arrested for a murder he didn’t commit, Juan Catalan had to prove his innocence. His alibi was that he was at a Dodger game the day of the murder along with 40,000 other people. His story resulted in a Netflix Original mini-documentary and can be watched with a subscription. I...
Roe's Video Pick: "Long Shot" on Netflix
Arrested for a murder he didn’t commit, Juan Catalan had to prove his innocence. His alibi was that he was at a Dodger game the day of the murder along with 40,000 other people. His story resulted in a Netflix Original mini-documentary and can be watched with a subscription. I...