A man arrested in connection with the Thursday death of an Augusta University nursing student on the University of Georgia (UGA) campus entered the United States illegally, sources told News Nation.
Multiple Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sources told News Nation that Jose Antonio Ibarra, who was arrested Friday after 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley was found dead on UGA’s campus, entered the United States illegally in 2022.
Ibarra crossed the southern border into El Paso, Texas, and was detained, but was then released by authorities due to a lack of holding space, according to News Nation.