The man who entered the U.S. illegally and is suspected of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was flown to Georgia at taxpayer expense, his roommate testified on Monday.
Jose Ibarra’s roommate was called to the stand and, through an interpreter, told the court that Ibarra and others were staying at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City when they requested a humanitarian flight to Georgia. Those flights are funded with taxpayer dollars.
The roommate of Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan illegal accused of killing Laken Riley, testified they got a free “humanitarian flight” from NYC to Atlanta in Sept. 2023.
They were living at the Roosevelt Hotel.
Prosecutors say after arriving in Athens, GA, Ibarra murdered Riley.… pic.twitter.com/ttRIMsN8RF
— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) November 18, 2024
Prosecutors on Monday also used a jailhouse phone call between Ibarra and his wife to place…
