AP Whitewashes Laken Riley Murder by Illegal Immigrant

Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, allegedly murdered 22-year-old Laken Riley on a running trail on the University of Georgia campus on Thursday. Riley was a nursing student at Augusta University and regularly jogged near the path in Athens, Ga. She was “an amazing daughter, sister, friend and overall person,” her family said on Saturday.

Initial reports referred to Ibarra as an “Athens resident,” and some reports, such as this one published by the Associated Press yesterday, altogether omit the fact that Ibarra illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 through Texas and was released into the U.S. shortly after. Ibarra is now being charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and concealing a death.

Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, allegedly murdered 22-year-old Laken Riley on a running trail on the University of Georgia campus on Thursday. Riley was a nursing student at Augusta University and regularly jogged near the path in Athens, Ga. She was “an amazing daughter, sister, friend and overall person,” her family said on Saturday.

Initial reports referred to Ibarra as an “Athens resident,” and some reports, such as this one published by the Associated Press yesterday, altogether omit the fact that Ibarra illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 through Texas and was released into the U.S. shortly after. Ibarra is now being charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and concealing a death.