At the least one of many three suspects arrested in reference to the taking pictures dying of a French Quarter tour information in New Orleans is an unlawful immigrant with a felony historical past on American soil, in line with immigration authorities.
The immigration standing of the opposite two suspects was not instantly clear.
New Orleans police arrested Joshua Bonifacio-Avila, 19, Jerben Albarec, 17, and Kevin Nunez, 15, the day after the slaying of 43-year-old Kristie Thibodeaux in her automotive on St. Peter Road, the morning of June 30.
Nunez is accused of pulling the set off. And Aviala-Bonifacio, a Honduras nationwide, is accused of coming into the nation illegally, Immigration and Customs Enforcement informed Fox Information Digital.
“On Could 11, 2019, U.S. Border Patrol encountered Bonifacio close to Hidalgo, Texas, and decided him to be inadmissible into the U.S. pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act,” an ICE spokesperson mentioned. “On a number of events, Bonifacio has been arrested for theft and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles. Since February 2024, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Workplace has booked Bonifacio for 5 native violations.”
ICE doesn’t have purview over juveniles, so the immigration standing of the opposite two suspects was not instantly clear.
The company’s Enforcement and Removing Operations division, ERO, has lodged a detainer request for the suspect.
The slaying befell round 4:30 a.m. on June 30 as a part of an armed theft, New Orleans police mentioned. They arrested all three suspects on July 1. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Workplace recognized Thibodeaux because the sufferer on July 2.
Police had been asking anybody with data on the case to contact murder detectives at 504-658-5300.
Nunez had an lively arrest warrant on the time and was carrying an ankle monitor, in line with the New Orleans-based FOX 8.
Aviala-Bonifacio additionally had a felony historical past, together with arrests for alleged theft and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles, in line with ICE. He additionally used the alias Joshua Avila.
“This man ought to have by no means been in Louisiana,” Gov. Jeff Landry wrote on X. “Sufficient is sufficient. We should shut our borders and hold our communities secure.”
Nunez’s felony document on American soil included seven counts of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a handgun and home battery, WVUE-TV reported. However, Chief Juvenile Courtroom Decide Candice Bates-Anderson sentenced him to accommodate arrest.
He allegedly violated the phrases in Could however was strolling free, with out real-time digital monitoring, as a result of his ankle monitor had been deactivated, in line with the outlet.
The Orleans Parish District Lawyer’s Workplace couldn’t instantly be reached for remark earlier than enterprise hours Thursday.
“With no guardrails from OJJ and OPJC, we as a metropolis have to significantly think about shutting down digital monitoring till we might be assured within the competence of the directors to conduct actual monitoring and the dedication of judges to make sure precise accountability for younger defendants for violations and noncompliance,” prosecutors mentioned in a press release to native media.
The incident reportedly attracted intense scrutiny upon the town’s juvenile justice system and the corporate that gives ankle monitoring providers.
Jill Dennis, of the Assured Supervision Accountability Program, a competing contractor, informed FOX 8 the failure to correctly monitor violent offenders like Nunez “is chaotic and insane.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn’t instantly reply to a request for extra data on the suspects.
Thibodeaux would have turned 44 subsequent month. She is survived by her husband, her mother and father, 4 siblings and eight nieces and nephews, in line with a web-based obituary.
Thibodeaux beloved canines, motorcycling, her Jeep, her outdated Mustang convertible and watching the sundown over Lake Pontchartrain together with her husband, Jase.
A memorial service was held Wednesday.
