Chandra Levy
Chandra Levy, the young Washington DC worker who was murdered years ago, may now finally find justice. Police have charged Ingmar Guandique of El Salvador with the crime. Guandique, who was serving time in California for related offenses had reportedly bragged about having committed the murder. Shortly after Levy went missing, Guandique was arrested in the same area of Washington DC for two different assaults on two other women. Yet, as expected, the mainstream news media is playing down a significant angle of the story.
First of all, Guandique is in the US illegally. Secondly, if his body is any clue, he is a member of the notorious Salvadoran gang, MS-13 (he has numerous gang-related tattoos including at least one that identifies him as an MS-13 member.
Why was Guandique allowed to remain in the US? As a result of the earthquakes in El Salvador in 2001 which killed thousands of people, President Bush, acting on a request by the Salvadoran president, issued a special exemption to Salvadoran immigrants allowing them to remain in the US-even if here illegally. Guandique applied for the exemption but was eventually denied such exemption because he never submitted fingerprints.
On May 7, 2001, only six days after Levy had gone missing, Guandique was arrested by DC police for breaking into a woman's home on the edge of Rock Creek park (where Levy's remains were found.)
Though the man could not furnish sufficient documentation to identify himself, a judge released Guandique on his "personal promise" to return for trial. The judge obtained Guandique's promise that he would verify his address with the court and "Refrain from committing any criminal offense."
In the ensuing weeks, Guandique attacked two other women in Rock Creek Park. Both of them managed to escape. On the second occasion, July 1, he was captured by police. This time, he was not released. In February 2002, he was sentenced to two concurrent sentences of 10 years for the two attacks in Rock Creek Park.
So here we have yet another case of an American citizen murdered (allegedly) by an illegal alien gang member-yet another monument to our government's negligence in enforcing our immigration laws. One wonders when it will end.
If he had been jailed after his first arrest, Chandry would be alive today. It isn't just his status as an illegal that is at fault here, but a justice system that allows dangerous criminals to roam the streets instead of putting them in prison where they belong.
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