Illegal Venezuelan Migrant Who Murdered Georgia Nursing Student Laken Riley Is Sentenced To Life in Prison 

President-elect Trump released a statement shortly after the verdict was delivered, declaring that it was time to ‘secure our border, and remove these criminals and thugs from our country, so nothing like this can happen again.’

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Jose Ibarra, accused of killing a Georgia nursing student earlier this year, listens through an interpreter during his trial at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court. Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

The illegal Venezuelan migrant accused of killing a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student, Laken Riley, in a case that unleashed a national uproar over America’s immigration policy, has been found guilty of all ten charges against him and will serve out a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole. 

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