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Let's be accurate here: Jose Ines Garcia Zarate had not been convicted or charged with any violent crimes. The felonies were drug possession related and illegal entry.
According to Wikipedia:
Garcia Zarate arrived in the U.S. sometime before 1991, the year he was convicted of his first drug charge in Arizona. In 1993, he was convicted three times in Washington state for felony heroin possession and manufacturing narcotics. Following another drug conviction and jail term, this time in Oregon, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) deported Garcia Zarate in June 1994. However, Garcia Zarate returned to the U.S. within two years and was convicted again of heroin possession in Washington state. He was deported for the second time in 1997.[16]
On February 2, 1998, Garcia Zarate was deported for the third time, after reentering the U.S. through Arizona. United States Border Patrol caught him six days later at a border crossing, and a federal court sentenced Garcia Zarate to five years and three months in federal prison for unauthorized reentry. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), successor of the INS, deported Garcia Zarate in 2003 for his fourth deportation. However, he reentered the U.S. through the Texas border and got another federal prison sentence for reentry before being deported for the fifth time in June 2009.[16]
Less than three months after his fifth deportation, Garcia Zarate was caught attempting to cross the border in Eagle Pass, Texas. He pleaded guilty to felony reentry; upon sentencing, a federal court recommended Garcia Zarate be placed in "a federal medical facility as soon as possible".[16]
Hey Coyote ...
Thanks for the information ... But I already know about Jose Ines Garcia Zarate's record, and his multiple stints in our prison system.
I also already know about the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, District Attorney's Office, Sanctuary City Ordinances, ICE deportation records, the Stienle Family's lawsuits, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero's dismissal of parts, their appeal to the Ninth Circuit, and how Black Lives Matter is involved.
None of that changes the fact Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was standing on the pier the day he facilitated the death of Kate as the result of foolish, irresponsible governmental incompetence.
Thanks again anyway ...
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