Brothers, roommate of illegal immigrant who killed Laken Riley to be deported

The member of Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan amerciable migrant convicted of sidesplitting 22-year-old nursing pupil Laken Riley Feb. 22, 2024, portion she was jogging connected the University of Georgia campus, was sentenced to situation and deportation aft helium pleaded blameworthy to having a fake greenish paper during the execution investigation. 

Diego "Gocho" Ibarra, 29, of Venezuela, was sentenced Wednesday to 4 years down bars aft pleading blameworthy to 2 counts of possession of a fraudulent papers July 15, 2024. The condemnation was supra the national sentencing line range, and helium volition not beryllium eligible for parole.

Riley's killer, Jose Ibarra, lived with his brothers — Diego and Argenis "Meny" Ibarra, 25, of Venezuela — and a pistillate roommate, Rosbeli "La Gorda" Flores-Bello, 29, of Venezuela, successful an Athens, Georgia flat analyzable astatine the clip of the murder. All 4 were questioned and arrested by investigators.

Diego Ibarra appears successful national tribunal connected migration charges Thursday. Ibarra is the member of Jose Ibarra, who was convicted successful the execution of Laken Riley successful Athens, Ga., successful November. (Lucy Luckovich)

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Argenis Ibarra and Flores-Bello admitted to having fake greenish cards nether antithetic names Feb. 23, 2024, and pleaded blameworthy to possession of a fraudulent papers successful December 2024. However, they remained successful the states.

In Wednesday's ruling, U.S. District Judge Tilman E. Self ordered Diego Ibarra to beryllium placed successful U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody astatine the extremity of his national situation condemnation and ordered Argenis Ibarra and Flores-Bello beryllium placed successful ICE custody immediately. 

According to tribunal documents and statements, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was notified of Diego Ibarra’s amerciable beingness successful the U.S. Feb. 23, 2024, during the Laken Riley execution investigation.

Jose Ibarra appears successful tribunal successful Athens, Ga., Nov. 1, 2024. (Robin Rayne for Fox News Digital)

At the time, an Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ACCPD) serviceman searching for Jose Ibarra approached Diego Ibarra due to the fact that helium matched his brother's description. 

Diego Ibarra gave the ACCPD serviceman a fake greenish paper erstwhile asked for recognition and was taken into custody. 

Investigators aboriginal discovered his travel to the U.S. progressive aggregate amerciable borderline crossings, and, erstwhile successful the U.S., his transgression enactment continued.

He was archetypal sent backmost to Mexico April 3, 2023, aft helium was caught illegally entering the U.S. adjacent Eagle Pass, Texas, according to a connection from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia.

Diego Ibarra appears successful national tribunal connected migration charges successful Macon, Ga., March 8. (Lucy Luckovich)

Less than a period later, connected April 30, 2023, helium tried again to interruption into the state with 4 different Venezuelan men by crossing the borderline adjacent Ysleta Station successful El Paso, Texas.

In a combat with United States Border Patrol (USBP) agents, Diego Ibarra grabbed and threw an agent’s work vigor earlier attempting to wound the agent. The brushwood was breached up by members of the National Guard.

He was taken to a infirmary aft complaining of thorax pains and symptom successful his backmost and leg, which helium attributed to scaling and falling from the borderline obstruction during his amerciable crossing. 

After admitting his injuries were not from the combat with agents, helium claimed asylum and "fear of return" to Venezuela. 

ICE is conducting flights to region amerciable immigrants from the U.S. to their location countries. (ICE Seattle)

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) placed him successful the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programme May 11, 2023, and helium was released from migration custody the adjacent time nether the information helium deterioration a GPS ankle bracelet and study to New York pending asylum proceedings. He ne'er showed up.

Diego Ibarra’s ankle show past "pinged" adjacent Littleton, Colorado, May 25, 2023, and helium chopped it disconnected astatine immoderate constituent earlier his last arrest, according to the statement. 

He moved to Georgia, wherever helium concisely worked astatine a UGA cafeteria, and was subsequently arrested connected assorted charges, including DUI and driving without a licence Sept. 24, 2023; shoplifting Oct. 27, 2023; and shoplifting with an outstanding apprehension warrant Dec. 8, 2023. 

Laken Riley was a nursing pupil recovered dormant adjacent a water connected the University of Georgia field Feb. 22, 2024. (Allyson Phillips/Facebook)

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ACCPD besides responded to a home incidental involving Diego Ibarra and his woman Sept. 26, 2023.

While jailed astatine the Butts County Detention Center for the fake documents recovered during the Riley execution investigation, Diego Ibarra caused "severe h2o damage" erstwhile helium broke a jailhouse compartment artifact occurrence sprinkler system, according to the statement.  

On June 25, 2024, situation guards recovered Ibarra with 2 improvised weapons, including a sharpened sprinkler caput with a makeshift grip and a pen wrapped successful saran wrap.

Court documents enactment Diego Ibarra is apt affiliated with the Venezuelan amerciable migrant thoroughfare pack Tren de Aragua (TdA), based connected grounds that included his aggregate TdA tattoos and photos of him connected societal media making TdA pack signs and wearing TdA clothing. 

Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang (Edward Romero)

President Donald Trump connected Saturday invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to people TdA, designated a overseas violent enactment Feb. 20 by the Department of State.

While Argenis Ibarra and Flores-Bello's border-crossing backgrounds are little lengthy than Diego Ibarra's, investigators recovered Argenis Ibarra besides entered the U.S. illegally aggregate times.

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Argenis Ibarra entered the U.S. illegally April 3, 2023, adjacent Eagle Pass, Texas, and the USBP returned him to Mexico. 

Less than a period later, connected April 30, 2023, the USBP arrested him again adjacent El Paso, Texas, and took him to an ICE processing halfway successful El Paso, according to the statement. He was released May 4, 2023, "because the processing halfway lacked space."

Law enforcement and agents support the borderline successful El Paso, Texas. (David Peinado/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Similarly, Flores-Bello was arrested aft illegally entering the state May 3, 2023, taken to an ICE processing halfway successful El Paso and released connected May 5, 2023, "because the processing halfway lacked space," according to the statement.

She provided a location code successful New York and was scheduled for an migration tribunal proceeding connected Oct. 18, 2023, but took a humanitarian formation to Atlanta, Georgia, successful December 2023 with Jose Ibarra, whom she met successful New York.

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She settled successful Athens and lived with the Ibarra brothers until Laken Riley was murdered.

Jose Ibarra was convicted Nov. 20, 2024 of malice murder, 3 counts of felony execution and battle with intent to rape, among different charges, successful Athens-Clarke County Superior Court. 

He is serving a beingness sentence.

Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.