Since President Joe Biden took office, illegal border crossings have surged and many violent criminals have made their way into the United States. This includes killers, sex offenders, among others.
Several violent criminals have been caught in states like Massachusetts and Iowa, far from the southern border. And now, one in Ohio has been sentenced to prison.
An illegal alien in Columbus, Ohio who crossed the southern border during Biden’s tenure has been sentenced to prison for his role in selling fentanyl.
According to WCMH, Luis Martinez-Torres, 26, received a 10-year prison sentence for conspiring to distribute kilogram quantities of fentanyl from Mexico to buyers in central Ohio.
Records from the U.S. Court of the Southern District of Ohio and reviewed by the outlet explained that Martinez-Torres illegally entered the U.S. and would deliver fentanyl to buyers selling the narcotics for a cartel in Mexico.In April 2023, Martinez-Torres reportedly had nearly three kilograms of fentanyl including more than 6,200 pills marked as Oxycodone.
Predictably, Martinez-Torres had previously been deported from the United States (via WCMH):
Martinez-Torres has illegally entered the United States on three occasions and faces deportation following his prison sentence. This is also the second time he has been arrested; Martinez-Torres was arrested last June for conspiring to possess and intent to distribute fentanyl. He pleaded guilty to that charge in January.
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan reacted to the story, stating, “Ohio is a border state in Joe Biden's America.”
-An illegal alien crossed the wide open border.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) May 14, 2024
-He distributed fentanyl at the behest of a Mexican drug cartel
-This is the third time he was found in the United States illegally
Ohio is a border state in Joe Biden's America.https://t.co/XViY5JM92L
Last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that would allow for people who manufacture or distribute fentanyl illegally to be prosecuted for murder. This came after fentanyl deaths across the country escalated, which Townhall covered.
For example, in Seattle, a morgue began running out of space for the bodies of people who pass away from fentanyl overdoses.
“Much of it is driven by fentanyl unfortunately,” Dr. Faisal Kahn, the director of Public Health Seattle and King County, said of the situation. “People do not realize they are taking fentanyl because it can be made to look like cocaine or prescription pills.”