A previously-deported illegal alien living in the Florida panhandle has been charged with murder in the horrific death of his 3-year-old nephew.
Reportedly, the child’s mother and aunt were deported, but instead of taking the child with them, they left him in the care of his uncle, who is also an illegal alien.
From the Department of Homeland Security: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an immigration detainer against Samuel Antonio Maldonado-Erazo, a 28-year-old criminal illegal alien from Honduras accused of savagely beating and ultimately killing his three-year-old nephew who was a U.S. citizen on March 4.
The three-year-old child’s injuries were consistent with sustained abuse. According to local reports, Maldonado-Erazo brought the child to work with him and ignored signs that the little boy was in extreme distress. Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said the child’s injuries included at least 17 strikes to the head, extensive bruising, intentional burns, a broken collarbone, a transected pancreas from blunt trauma, and several broken ribs — one of which was completely detached from his spine. The child died at the hospital after someone called 911 to report that he was in cardiac arrest.
“This crime is absolutely sickening and underscores the importance of local authorities working with ICE to remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens from American communities,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “The Biden administration should have never RELEASED this monster into our communities.”
ICE lodged a detainer for Maldonado-Erazo on March 5 following his arrest to request local authorities notify ICE before his release. He illegally entered the U.S. in August 2021 and was immediately removed. In November 2021, he illegally re-entered the U.S., a felony, and was released into the country under the Biden administration’s catch-and-release policies. In May 2023, he was issued a final order of removal from an immigration judge.
In addition to the severe physical abuse, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said in a press conference on Friday that the child also showed signs of possible sexual abuse.
“The injuries to the child are hard to talk about, and even harder to imagine having to endure,” Simmons said at the press conference, adding, “The only solace I can think of is he suffers no more.”
Maldonado-Erazo was first charged with negligent manslaughter in the child’s death, but the sheriff’s department said the charges against him have now been upgraded to felony murder.
According to Fox10TV, the sheriff said Erazo also had other children living with him, but they have since been placed under the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families.
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