Maryland Officials Failed to Honor ICE Detainers for Two Subsequently Charged in Gang Killing
By Andrew R. Arthur on May 23, 2019
Maryland has more than enough home-grown killers. The first paragraph in a recent news article suggests that certain of the powers-that -be in the Free State think that there are still not enough: "Two teens charged with the murder of a 14-year-old girl in Prince George's County were in the country illegally, previously locked up and should not have been walking free according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)." Did I mention that the murder of the girl (14-year-old Ariana Funes-Diaz, whose body was found on May 15) was reportedly related to MS-13? If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention. Most aren't doing either.
The tortuous path that led the duo to this purported end is not easy to follow. ICE asserts that detainers had been filed on the two Salvadoran nationals, 16-year-old Josue Rafael Fuentes-Ponce, and 17-year-old Joel Ernesto Escobar, following their arrests last year in Prince George's County on attempted murder and gang-related charges. That arrest by local police occurred in May 2018, and a few days later the pair were sent to a state-run youth detention facility.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Maryland-Officials-Failed-Honor-ICE-Detainers-Two-Subsequently-Charged-Gang-Killing
