Packed luggage were discovered during the detention of two illegal aliens charged with the killing of an Air Force cadet candidate this weekend.
Over Memorial Day weekend, Ava Moore, 18, was killed while kayaking on Lake Grapevine in Texas when she was hit by a jet ski.
The suspected jet ski driver and the man who allegedly assisted her in fleeing, both illegal aliens from Venezuela, were apprehended in Dallas on Tuesday.
Daikerlyn Alejandraa Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 22, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, a crime.
Maikel Coello Perozo, 21, has been accused of snatching her up and escaping. Authorities claim Perozo hit another vehicle while driving away. He has been charged with a misdemeanor collision resulting in vehicle damage and obstructing apprehension.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by FOX 4, the defendants were discovered with their suitcases packed at the time of their arrest. Perozo reportedly informed authorities that he assisted Gonzalez in fleeing so that she might avoid arrest.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department conducted the inquiry.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security criticized the previous administration on Thursday for open-border policies that it claims contributed to the murder of the Air Force cadet candidate.
“Ava Moore, a patriot serving her country, was killed by an illegal alien in a hit-and-run during Memorial Day weekend. “This senseless tragedy was completely preventable,” the DHS stated in a post on X.
“Daikerlyn Gonzalez and Maikel Perozo entered the U.S. illegally in 2023 and were released into our interior,” according to the article.
“The previous administration’s open border policy took too many Americans’ lives. President Trump and Secretary Noem will continue to support victims of illegal alien crime and their families.
Joshua Johnson, acting field director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Emergency Removal Operations in Dallas, acknowledged the pair’s illegal presence in the United States during a news conference on Wednesday.
“It’s my understanding that both the individuals crossed the southern border in 2023 or 2024,” Mr. Johnson said. “They were arrested at the time of entry, processed on a notice to appear and then released on their own recognizance.”
He stated that ICE had filed detainers for the accused, and that they would be processed for removal after criminal processes in Texas were concluded.
Moore was recalled as a standout basketball player whose lifelong goal was to become a four-star general in the military, according to her coach at the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado.
“You know, we talked throughout the course of the year that, at some point in her career, she was going to be a four-star general because she loved it,” she told Fox 4. “She influenced others around her positively.
“They took a bright, bright star from our lives.”
Moore was expected to begin as an Air Force cadet in the coming weeks and was a member of the US Air Force Academy’s Class of 2029, according to the school.
