An unlawful migrant from Mexico who was arrested over a handwritten letter that threatened to assassinate President Trump could have truly been arrange, regulation enforcement sources instructed The Submit.
Mexican nationwide Ramon Morales Reyes, 54, was taken into custody in Wisconsin after an ICE agent obtained the demise risk letter on Might 21, the Division of Homeland Safety introduced Wednesday.
However in a shocking twist, sources mentioned a handwriting evaluation has since proven that Reyes didn’t pen the letter — and the precise offender could already be behind bars.
Authorities are at the moment trying into whether or not an already incarcerated perp could have written the letter to set Reyes up as a result of the migrant is an obvious witness in that particular person’s legal case, the sources mentioned.
“The investigation into the threat is ongoing,” a senior DHS official mentioned instructed The Submit of the newest claims.
“Over the course of the investigation, this individual was determined to be in the country illegally and that he had a criminal record. He will remain in custody.”
The Wisconsin Lawyer Normal’s Workplace wouldn’t remark.
The event comes after the DHS introduced Reyes had been nabbed for allegedly declaring he needed to “shoot your precious president in [his] head” at one in all his rallies.
“We are tired of this president messing with us Mexicans – we have done more for this country than you white people,” the letter learn.
“You have been deporting my family and I think it is time Donald J. Trump gets what he has coming to him.”
The ultimate line of the letter said: “I will see him at one of his big rallies.”
Reyes was collared a day after the letter was obtained, DHS mentioned.
“Thanks to our ICE officers, this illegal alien who threatened to assassinate President Trump is behind bars,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned on the time.
“This risk comes not even a 12 months after President Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania and fewer than two weeks after former FBI Director Comey known as for the President’s assassination.
“All politicians and members of the media should take notice of these repeated attempts on President Trump’s life and tone down their rhetoric. I will continue to take all measures necessary to ensure the protection of President Trump.”
Morales — who had prior raps for a felony hit-and-run and different crimes — entered the US illegally no less than 9 occasions from 1998-2005, in keeping with DHS.
He stays in ICE in Wisconsin awaiting deportation, DHS mentioned.
