“The injuries to the child are hard to talk about, and even harder to imagine having to endure.”
By Catholics for Catholics
A man accused of slaying his three-year-old nephew in Florida, was left free in the United States by the Biden administration, after the illegal immigrant was deported, according to a story by The Daily Wire.
Samuel Antonio Maldonado-Erazo, 28, a Honduran immigrant, subsequently went on to receive a deportation order after his release, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire.
Maldonado-Erazo allegedly took the toddler to work on March 4 and disregarded severe symptoms of pain his nephew appeared to be undergoing, according to Fox10.
Chip Simmons, the Sheriff of Escambia County, said the child had various broken ribs, one of which was detached from the backbone, a broken collarbone, and a transected pancreas from blunt trauma. The child also showed signs of possible sexual abuse.
According to the Daily Wire story, Maldonado-Erazo illegally entered the United States in August 2021 and “was immediately removed,” DHS said.
He then illegally reentered the country in November 2021 and was released “under the Biden administration’s catch-and-release policies,” the agency added.
He was ordered deported in May 2023, according to DHS.
Lauren Bis, Homeland Security’s deputy assistant secretary called the situation “absolutely sickening,” saying “This heinous crime underscores the importance of local authorities working with ICE to remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens from American communities.”
“The Biden administration should have never RELEASED this monster into our communities,” Bis added.
When first responders came upon the toddler, they found he was suffering from cardiac arrest, according to Fox10.
“Life-saving measures were attempted but unfortunately, he passed,” Simmons said. “We learned this young boy suffered extensive bruising about his body, to include 17 strikes to the head alone. Additionally, there were several burn marks consistent with heating a lighter and then pressing that lighter against the skin. These injuries and the neglect associated with them contributed to his death.”
“The injuries to the child are hard to talk about, and even harder to imagine having to endure,” Simmons said. “The only solace I can think of is he suffers no more.”
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