Convicted killer Jose Ibarra gets humanitarian flight to Georgia
- Jose Ibarra, a convicted killer and illegal alien, was given a humanitarian flight from New York City to Atlanta.
- He was convicted of murdering nursing student Laken Riley on February 22, 2023, during a jogging incident at the University of Georgia.
- The case has raised significant concerns regarding immigration policies and the security measures in place for handling illegal immigrants.
In the United States, federal officials have remained silent on the humanitarian flight provided to convicted killer Jose Ibarra, an illegal alien, in 2023. Ibarra, convicted of the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley, received a flight from New York City to Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2023. Riley, a nursing student, was murdered by Ibarra while jogging on the University of Georgia campus earlier that year. During Ibarra's trial, a Delta Air Lines ticket was presented as evidence, indicating Ibarra had sought the flight from an immigration processing center at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, which opened for asylum seekers in May 2023. Ibarra's case has attracted criticism from lawmakers, who express concerns over immigration policies and security lapses, particularly highlighting the role of the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI in handling such cases. Ibarra, a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, crossed into the United States through the U.S.-Mexico border in September 2022. His release into the U.S. was attributed to a lack of detention capacity at the time, even though sufficient detention beds were reportedly available.