The alleged California murder of a missing 13-year-old soccer player by his illegal immigrant coach was "an avoidable crime and the result of failed border policies," a U.S. attorney told Fox News.
Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, allegedly killed his player, Oscar "Omar" Hernandez, in Lancaster on March 28, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman. Multiple law enforcement sources told Fox News on Tuesday that Garcia-Aquino is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador.
"This was an avoidable crime and the result of failed border policies," said U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli. "We cannot and will not tolerate illegal aliens who flout our nation’s immigration laws then prey on children. Federal law enforcement will continue to be very aggressive in locating, apprehending, and prosecuting criminal illegal aliens."
