( NewsNation ) — The mother of a woman who was raped and killed while hiking on a suburban Baltimore trail told lawmakers the suspect would have never been allowed in the U.S. if the Border Patrol had followed its own protocols.
Patty Morin delivered a powerful statement to members of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
“If they had done the border protocols that were in place but was set aside, just a simple DNA swab, they would know that he had a INTERPOL warrant for murder in his home country, and that’s why he was fleeing (to) the United States. They say that the borders are safe. We live 1,800 miles away from the southern border. They’re not safe,” she said.
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Rachel Morin’s body was found in Bel Air, Maryland, on August 6, 2023, and a suspect was arrested in Oklahoma ten months later. Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 23, of El Salvador, was in the U.S. illegally. He faces first-degree murder, first-degree rape and kidnapping charges…