The Democratic district attorney in a Houston -area county where 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was allegedly raped and murdered by two Venezuelan illegal immigrants blamed the “broken” immigration system for the girl’s death.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg rebuked federal law enforcement at the southern border for letting Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26, into the United States after they were caught illegally entering near El Paso, Texas, this spring.
“They should have never been released when they crossed over into El Paso, but we have a broken system, and Jocelyn’s death resulted,” Ogg said in a recent interview with local media outlet KPRC. “It’s just hard when you know something could have been prevented like a child’s death.”
Nungaray was found deceased early in the morning on June 16. Court records said Nungaray had snuck out of her home late the previous night and gone to 7-Eleven, where she encountered the two suspects after they had partied at a local restaurant, according to KPRC.