![Georgia student murder suspect confirmed to be illegal immigrant [Video]](https://usanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mp_1224342_0_joseibarramugshotjpg.jpg)
Join Fox News for access to this content
Plus get unlimited access to thousands of articles, videos and more with your free account!
Please enter a valid email address.
The suspect charged in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student has been confirmed as an illegal immigrant originally from Venezuela, Fox News Digital has learned.
26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra, the suspect charged in the murder of nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus, is a Venezuelan national who crossed illegally into El Paso, Texas, in September 2022 and was released into the U.S. via parole, three ICE & DHS sources told Fox News.
ICE does not currently have an official comment on the situation.
Ibarra was taken into custody by UGA policeon Friday. He measures 5 feet 3 inches and weighs 170 pounds, according to the Clarke County Sheriff’s Department’s booking sheet. Laken measured 5 feet …
![High school hockey players now have to wear neck protectors [Video]](https://usanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1499520_0_2518975d15004113b34ae2942349d2e21140x641jpg.jpg)
![Biden to speak at Morehouse College amid nationwide campus unrest [Video]](https://usanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1500189_0_https3A2F2Fdo0bihdskp9dycloudfrontnet2F051820242Ft4695a29cd8654947a6704378c0801062namefile1280x7202000v31jpg.jpg)
![Secretary Pete Buttigieg reacts to preliminary Baltimore bridge collapse report from NTSB [Video]](https://usanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1494324_0_cbsnfusiontransportationsecybuttigiegonntsbbaltimorebridgecollapsepreliminaryreportthumbnailjpg.jpg)
![Multi-vehicle crash temporarily closes Highway 52 Southbound at Akron exit, Winston-Salem police say [Video]](https://usanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mp_1496016_0_screenshot20240516101406664614c405bf5png.png)
