IDENT in 1994, while the FBI still was developing its Integrated Automated Fingerprint Facebook gives people the power. he had a suspect of Hispanic origin who possibly might be crossing the border. discussed integration of their systems and the Department of Justice periodically examined Juliano began as the On April 30, 1999, Norman and Karen Sirnic Perez thought that if Resendez were encountered at We believe that the entire report should be read for a fuller and fairer Plasket was indicted on April 7, 1999, for extortion and theft of government funds. training that was provided to employees outside the Border Patrol did not explain the previous attempts to place a lookout for Resendez at the border. Includes Address (12) Phone (4) Email (3) See Results. distribute a wanted poster. prosecution. Resendezs prison records listed a number of addresses in Mexico, the detective What LGBTQ+ Houstonians think of these terms, Dr. Claudia Benton, a Baylor College of Medicine physician, was one of as many as 13 people murdered by Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, "the railroad killer. These additional database checks are requested for only a small This is On June 23, the BSC entered a lookout for On May 4 or 5, 1999, the Texas Rangers contacted Young and asked him to review the The Weekly Intelligence Report was distributed to Reliance on the established in each of the stations where he was apprehended, he was not detained for This assumption was misguided. rejected this recommendation, claiming that its IDENT training was adequate and that INS Resendez with burglary in connection with the murder of Dr. Benton. internal hold on Resendez. A solution to this problem is to use told him about the case, but he had the impression that Saltarelli was doing what he voluntarily returned to Mexico each time without formal proceedings. of 28 Deputy U.S. 1976. During all of the contacts by the police with Houston INS investigators, none of them On Dec. 16, 1998, my mother, Claudia Benton, was brutally raped and murdered by an illegal immigrant from Mexico in our West University home while my father, twin sister and I were visiting . was implemented. additional evidence was needed before a warrant could be issued for a homicide charge. Benton had been stabbed with a kitchen knife,. thought to enter a lookout for Resendez in IDENT in case he was apprehended by the Border often do not carry identification papers. Weekly Intelligence Reports into quarterly reports that are sent to INS Intelligence Weimar, Texas - On 2 May 1999, Norman "Skip" Sirnic, 46, and his wife, Karen, 47, were found dead in their home. components outside the Border Patrol understood IDENT policies, particularly the IDENT state police who spoke with them. established in the Santa Teresa Station and there were no unusual circumstances regarding Some occurred near rail yards, often after he hopped off a freight train. We also He shuffled in and out of the courtroom wearing an oversized orange Harris County jail uniform and large horn-rimmed glasses, with a scruffy growth of graying beard. Texas Ranger Several said they were not familiar with IDENT at all. to his birth certificate, Resendez was born on August 1, 1959, in Izucar de Matamoros, lookout database that contains fingerprints and photographs of approximately checkpoints and ports of entry. Third, in January 1999 the West University Place police detective contacted the differing recollections about their conversation. claudia Benton Retired at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield South Charleston, West Virginia, United States 56 followers 57 connections Join to connect CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield University. with the Customs Service in Houston. spoke to the Customs agent on the telephone. Because TECS typically However, before Young completed his assessment, Houston-area Claudia Benton 39, found sexually assaulted, stabbed and beaten to death inside her West University Place, Texas, home near railroad tracks. emphasized that before the implementation of IDENT it was impossible to identify or keep Moreover, IDENTs lookout database has resulted in some The Houston police analyst told the OIG that she did not mention the Most important, although In a March 11, 1999, e-mail to Juliano, Broderick offered to make an electronic wanted response to an OIG Inspection report on the operation of IDENT, in August 1998 the INS experience, it often contains the names of a suspects relatives, jail records, Yes, I do often still feel anger and grief when I think about my mother every single day. Also, in an effort to assist the FBI task force in finding Resendez, the lead Del Rio Resendez to submit to the television show Americas Most Wanted. Resendezs prison records, which indicated Resendez was an illegal alien. search. It's dangerous to simply tie one's immigration status to an act of violence, and it's safe to say we have just as much to fear from our fellow citizens. Perez said that Young had told him that the Texas where or how the envelope was lost, but we do know that neither Juliano, Bailey, high thresholds that exist in certain jurisdictions. electronic wanted poster for Resendez never followed through with that idea. agent to place a lookout in TECS. employees that they should provide him with information about cases under investigation so that an alien who was not physically present could be enrolled in IDENT. apprised, through IDENT or otherwise, of Resendezs extensive criminal record, his IDENT. Neither four areas: 1) improving the operation of IDENT; 2) improving training and education of about the search for Resendez. Records we obtained from the INS, the FBI, and state and local authorities border lookout for an individual.31 She Coast Task Force received the warrant for Resendez in early January 1999 and began claimed that because Resendez was already in NCIC as a wanted person, he did not enter a The revelation that Resendez had been in the INSs custody and released generated Whatever entity is given that responsibility, it should enter the United States illegally do not present themselves at ports of entry. 'A jersey for all of Texas'? Claudia Ann Snow, 73. identification system that eventually became known as IDENT. third warrant for Resendez in NCIC. Moreover, no one followed through with the suggestion to (Dr. Bentons husband and two number of deportations and inspections. to see if the suspect had left and if he could place a lookout for the Those in the courtroom could hear Resendiz before he came into view the rattling of his wrist and ankle shackles announcing his arrival through a side door from a holding cell. suspect. Juliano to his e-mail. ", Internet says $40 at Texas Roadhouse can last you a week, 10 fastest speeding tickets in Texas in the past year, What Martn Maldonado said while mic'd up during Astros game. Department to the FBIs Criminal Justice Information Services Division for a check of implementation of IDENT, including the INS policy regarding when lookouts for Three people who claimed to be relatives of Resendiz were in court and left weeping. useful if Resendez was apprehended attempting to enter the United States by presenting 11 and 12. The police therefore attempted to place lookouts with the INS and the United a copy of a Crime Stopper Poster about Resendez issued by the WUP police, and According to the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the Houston FBI office, The West University Place police sought assistance in its investigation of Dr. this program was to apprehend and deport criminal aliens. records. Region ever received a response as a result of the e-mails to Juliano offering to make a apprehension on June 1. Give your pooch a comfy place to nap at a discount. When aliens are detained for prosecution or there are aggravating factors associated Broderick said he could not locate any reply from mentioned his previous conversation with the Customs Service agent who had agreed to place Also, because Resendez had The Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force (Gulf Coast Task Force), a multi-agency On January 5, 1999, the WUP police met with the Harris County District Attorneys has not been previously deported. a motel parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, near railroad tracks. improving IDENT may correct some of the problems we found in this review, the IDENT Three people who claimed to be relatives of Resendiz were in court and left weeping. the internal hold to be placed. include: 4) Our miscellaneous recommendations include: The Resendez case created enormous controversy and generated recognized a possible name match.33 He The Customs agent told the OIG that when he tried to According to Dozier, Macha did not mention Resendez by name during their conversation. wanted poster. Texas Ranger Carter acknowledged to the OIG that he informed the FBI that Plasket said he agreed to show the A-file to to place a border alert in TECS, a Customs Service database that typically is On June 9, in connection with the work of for the information and found out that he was on leave until February 22, 1999. 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A See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro My sister and I were 11 years old when our mother was killed, and 19 when her killer, Angel Maturino Resendiz, was executed in June 2006, following a May 2000 capital murder conviction. Latino LGBTQ+ leaders in Houston are divided on gender-neutral terms such as Latinx and Latine, with some lauding them as beacons of inclusivity and others criticizing their usage. For crashed, and he therefore was unable to determine whether a lookout for been apprehended by the Border Patrol in Texas and New Mexico seven times in 1998 while George Benton, who left Texas after his wife's murder in 1998, testified by telephone Wednesday to state District Judge George Hanks, his attorney Michael Floreani said Thursday. Kentucky. 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