The New York Post learned the suspect in the murder of a New York City cabbie is an illegal alien from Guatemala.
Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez allegedly murdered Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez, 66, in Brewster, New York, located 109 miles south of Albany.
The illegal alien then allegedly stole Zhunio-Orbez’s black Toyota Sienna.
A fisherman found Zhunio-Orbez’s body in the Croton Falls Reservoir in Carmel, NY, located 4.7 miles southwest of Brewster.
Vasquez-Ramirez allegedly confessed “to fatally choking a cabbie over a pay dispute and dumping the victim’s body near a local reservoir.”
Zhunio-Orbez was a legal immigrant from Ecuador.
From The New York Post:
Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez illegally crossed the border in 2013 at Hidalgo, Texas, under President Obama, and later ignored a final removal order issued in 2016 under the first Trump administration, according to sources and US Department of Homeland Security officials.He “should’ve never been in our country in the first place and provided the opportunity to gruesomely take the life of Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez,” Assistant Secretary of DHS Tricia McLaughlin told The Post.“Open border policies have deadly consequences. ICE lodged a detainer with local authorities to ensure this criminal illegal alien is never allowed back into American neighborhoods. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is targeting the worst of the worst,” she added.
Zhunio-Orbez drove Vasquez-Ramirez before. He seemed to be a regular at the MetroNorth Station.
Apparently, the suspect had a problem over a recent fare, which likely only cost $40.
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