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In a setback to the prosecution of migrants involved in a massive border breach in March, El Paso County Court at Law #7 Judge Ruben Morales dismissed 211 individual cases involving migrants charged with rioting at a border crossing. According to Morales, a procedural error transferring the cases from the local district court to his county court meant he lacked jurisdiction and was obligated to dismiss the charges.
This is the moment when TX National Guard became overrun by migrants rioting to get across the border here in El Paso todayThe migrants will be released to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and will be processed for asylum or removal. At a Thursday press conference, Republican District Attorney Bill Hicks told media representatives he felt strongly that appropriate procedures were followed and that his office intends to appeal Judge Morales’s ruling.
At the press conference, Hicks told reporters if the court of appeals reverses Morales’s decision, arrest warrants will be issued for those migrants who have been released into the United States. Any of the accused migrants who have been removed from the country will face charges upon re-entry.Hundreds of migrants decided they had enough of TX National Guard returning them to Mexico and rushed the border wall here.
Omar Alejandro Graterol Colmenares, 27, Venezuela Luis Jesus Chacon, 27, of Venezuela The two others are wanted for felony rioting, and warrants have been issued:is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.
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