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Illegal Immigrant Crime & Ivy League President Resigns | Afternoon Update | 8.16.24
I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, August 16th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. A Haitian migrant who entered the U.S. illegally has been arrested for the rape and aggravated assault of a pregnant woman. 34-year-old Mark Curvins Bouvet was apprehended by ICE in Boston on August 13th, but only after being released by a district court. The judge released him on his own recognizance, but ICE officials were present and arrested him immediately. The field office director issued the following statement, "We simply cannot allow anyone that poses such a threat to prey on the residents of our community. ICE Boston will continue our mission of prioritizing public safety by aggressively apprehending and removing egregious non-citizen offenders from New England." A gang leader from Peru accused of nearly two dozen murders has been arrested in New York. Daily Wire investigative reporter Maraida Lorte has more. U.S. immigration and customs enforcement says Jan Franco Torres Navarro, leader of the Lost Killers gang, was captured in Endicott, New York. He entered the U.S. illegally in May and was arrested after officials learned he was wanted in Peru. Torres Navarro is being held in federal detention pending an immigration hearing. His girlfriend and alleged accomplice was also arrested. Both face charges linked to extortion and homicide in Peru. Thomas Brophy, director of Buffalo's ICE office, said Torres Navarro, quote, "Poses a significant threat to our communities and we won't allow New York to be a safe haven for dangerous non-citizens." The men accused of murdering general hospital actor Johnny Whacker had been arrested. The four men all have ties to the violent Florencia 13 gang in Los Angeles. Robert Barcelot, Sergio Estrada, and Leonel Gutierrez, all 18 years old, were arrested and booked on suspicion of murder charges. A fourth man was charged as an accessory. It took nearly three months for the arrests. Police say they used fingerprints to identify the suspect. Surveillance video of the murder shows one of the men with several face tattoos. Johnny's mother, Scarlet, told News Nation she wants the men behind bars for life. "I've been told that they could get life but they would be eligible for parole and I don't want them to be. They're, I think, part of a gang and I don't think that there's any sense of turning around. I think some of them have priors, so obviously there's just no consequence. They need to serve the consequences and the others out there need to be told when they do this there will be consequences and strong, severe consequences. I mean, look at what happened to my son. I will never see him again here on Earth." The retired Minneapolis police lieutenant blames Governor Tim Walz for letting the 2020 Minneapolis riots get out of control. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce explains. John Nagel, who served with the state patrol for 30 years, told Fox News that Walz intentionally delayed deploying the National Guard as the city burned and accused the governor of being anti-law enforcement. Walz has faced mounting criticism for his handling of the riots and his support of alternatives to policing. Nagel, now running for office as a Republican, says Walz's policies are damaging public safety across the state. Here he is on Fox News. "More and more people are realizing that despite what the media is telling them crime is up. When crime skyrockets and then goes down a little bit, sure, you can say, yeah, crime is down, but it's still 20, 30, 40 percent higher than it was pre-walz and all of this anti-police movement. That's even before George Floyd." Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reportedly reached out to Vice President Harris to discuss dropping out in exchange for a cabinet position in her administration. According to the Washington Post, Harris has not responded to the offer, and Kennedy later clarified on social media that he has no plans to endorse her. Kennedy, whose campaign hit setbacks with a New York ballot ruling, has also been in contact with Trump advisers, but so far continues his bid for the presidency. Missouri's Attorney General Andrew Bailey is suing the Biden administration for using taxpayer funds to provide health care benefits to illegal immigrants. Bailey argues that a new federal rule unlawfully extends taxpayer-funded benefits to people here illegally, costing Missouri between $342 and $462 million annually. The lawsuit claims the rule redefines lawfully present to include DACA recipients, violating the Affordable Care Act. Fifteen other states have joined Missouri's lawsuit. "Columbia is the latest university to lose a president in the wake of anti-Israel protests. Delywire reporter Amanda Prestizacomo has more." The school announced that their president, Manu Shafiq, resigned on Wednesday. In her resignation letter, Shafiq cited the period of turmoil and the difficulty overcoming divergent views. Shafiq was one of three Ivy League university presidents who was grilled on Capitol Hill by the House Education Committee regarding campus antisemitism. That was led by Republican Rep Elise Stefanik. Shafiq also faced backlash from a coalition of professors for authorizing the NYPD to enter campus to remove protesters back in May. This all comes just three weeks before the start of the fall term. And Katie Perry's team is pushing back after filming her latest music video on protected sand dunes in Spain's Balearic Islands. Local government officials say the production lacked the proper permits and that they're investigating. The video for Perry's single "Lifetimes" was shot at, say, Salinas Nature Park, which officials say is of ecological importance. However, Perry's label claims they received verbal permission to film there. The music video shows Perry dancing on the beach and is part of her upcoming album '143.' Alright, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to DailyWire.com and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning. (upbeat music)