TX Murderer to be Executed: A condemned Texas murderer is set to be executed Wednesday evening for a shooting rampage that left five people dead more than 18 years ago. The AP reports that 58-year-old Coy Wesbrook is scheduled to die by lethal injection for gunning down his ex-wife, Gloria Coons, her roommate and three men during a party at Coons' apartment in 1997. Wesbrook testified at his 1998 trial that he "lost it" after Coons humiliated him by having sex with two men while he was there, so he shot all of them with a .36-caliber rifle that he had in his vehicle. He will be the eighth convicted killer put to death this year nationally and the fourth in the state. Two more Texas inmates are scheduled to be executed later this month, and another is scheduled in April.
Man Suspected of Killing 5 in MO, KS Captured: A Mexican national and deportee living in the U.S. illegally and suspected of killing five men in two states was arrested early Wednesday following an intensive manhunt. Jim Suhr of the AP reports that 40-year-old Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino gunned down his neighbor and three other men his his neighbor's Kansas home on Monday night before fleeing to Missouri, where he killed another man inside his rural home the next morning. Authorities have not discussed a motive for any of the killings, possible connections between the victims and the shooter or what may have prompted the rampage. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Serrano-Vitorino was deported in April 2004 but illegally re-entered the country on an unknown date. As of Wednesday, Serrano-Vitorino was placed on ICE detainer and facing four charges of first-degree murder in the Kansas killings.
Record Number of Unaccompanied Minors Expected to Flood Border: The number of unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. from Mexico is on track to surpass the record-breaking surge set in 2014, the Senate Homeland Security chairman suggested Tuesday. Rudy Takala of the Washington Examiner reports that since the fiscal year began, Department of Homeland Security officials have apprehended 23,533 unaccompanied minors trying to cross the border and predict that, if this pace is maintained, the total number for the year will reach approximately 77,000, outpacing the total of 68,541 set during the 2014 crisis. A Center for Immigration Studies report released earlier this week estimates that there are 15,7 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
Man Suspected of Killing 5 in MO, KS Captured: A Mexican national and deportee living in the U.S. illegally and suspected of killing five men in two states was arrested early Wednesday following an intensive manhunt. Jim Suhr of the AP reports that 40-year-old Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino gunned down his neighbor and three other men his his neighbor's Kansas home on Monday night before fleeing to Missouri, where he killed another man inside his rural home the next morning. Authorities have not discussed a motive for any of the killings, possible connections between the victims and the shooter or what may have prompted the rampage. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Serrano-Vitorino was deported in April 2004 but illegally re-entered the country on an unknown date. As of Wednesday, Serrano-Vitorino was placed on ICE detainer and facing four charges of first-degree murder in the Kansas killings.
Record Number of Unaccompanied Minors Expected to Flood Border: The number of unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. from Mexico is on track to surpass the record-breaking surge set in 2014, the Senate Homeland Security chairman suggested Tuesday. Rudy Takala of the Washington Examiner reports that since the fiscal year began, Department of Homeland Security officials have apprehended 23,533 unaccompanied minors trying to cross the border and predict that, if this pace is maintained, the total number for the year will reach approximately 77,000, outpacing the total of 68,541 set during the 2014 crisis. A Center for Immigration Studies report released earlier this week estimates that there are 15,7 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
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