An illegal immigrant from El Salvador was arrested over the weekend and charged with the murder and rape of a Maryland mother of five.  Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, 23, who police say unlawfully entered the United States in February 2023, was arrested by police and the FBI in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday. He is accused of raping and murdering 37-year-old Rachel Morin six months after illegally crossing the southern U.S. border. Law enforcement said the suspect had been on a “crime spree that started in El Salvador and then multiple cities across the United States.” Morin was murdered in August 2023 after she went out hiking on the Ma & Pa trail in Harford County, Maryland. She was later found naked in a nearby culvert.  “Victor Hernandez did not come to this country to make a better life for him or his family, he came here to escape the crimes he committed in El Salvador. He came here to murder Rachel and God-willing, no one else,” Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said on Saturday. “But that should have never been allowed to happen.” The sheriff also called for the Biden administration to address the ongoing border crisis.  “I want to now direct these comments to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and to every member in both chambers of Congress,” he continued. “Here in Harford County we are 1,800 miles away from the Southern border, and the American citizens are not safe because of failed immigration policies. This is the second time in just two years that an innocent Harford County woman has lost her life to a criminal in our country illegally.” Investigators said that they identified Hernandez because they found his DNA at the murder scene. Police arrested him at a bar in Tulsa and said he “lied about his true identity.”  Hernandez is also suspected of a January 2023 murder in El Salvador and of assaulting a 9-year-old girl in California. According to the Tulsa Police Department, Hernandez “violently assaulted a 9-year-old girl and her mother during a home invasion” in Los Angeles.  CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Police also said that they believe Hernandez has extensive ties to violent gangs in El Salvador.  Patricia Morin, the mother of Rachel, discussed that she did not believe that her daughter’s killer was going to be found.  “At some of the points during this, I didn’t think that we were ever going to have an answer and that it would be a cold case,” she said. “At one point when things looked really bleak and hopeless, the lead detective told me, ‘Patience will win in the end.’” Illegal immigrants have been arrested this year for a string of high-profile crimes, including the murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley in Georgia, as lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to enact stricter border security measures. 

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) would be a formidable rival in a debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, said a former top aide to Harris. Ashley Etienne, who served as Harris’ communications director in 2021, made the comment during a recent CNN panel discussion about former President Donald Trump’s search for a running mate. “J.D. Vance would … pose the greatest threat to Kamala Harris in some respects. I mean, he’s an incredible debater,” Etienne said. “I think he has this quality that makes him seem palpable to that 1 to 2% that actually might vote or that, you know, that’s undecided that will actually pay attention to the debates because most people don’t pay attention to the debates.” She added, “I think he’s just got a quality about him where he’s just super smart and sharp and quick-witted. I just think … it’s going to be a challenge to see the two of them face-to-face. I mean, maybe it’s just me, but I think he’s going to be the greatest threat to her.” Leading up to the observation about Vance, CNN host Laura Coates asked Etienne to comment on a New York Times report that cited multiple sources who said Trump is thinking about debate performances when it comes to making a selection for a vice presidential nominee. Etienne suggested the news was revealing to her. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “It says to me that to some degree that they think that she’s somewhat of a threat,” Etienne said. “I mean, she’s a former prosecutor. She spent time in courts defending her clients and defending the interests of California. So, to me, it says, you know, that he might be slightly nervous.” Vance is just one of the Republicans who Trump is reportedly considering as a running mate as he runs for a second term in the White House ahead of an expected announcement at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month. Trump’s campaign has reportedly sent vetting materials to Vance, as well as to North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), House Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), and former Cabinet member Ben Carson. The Associated Press reported that the list is “fluid and evolving.”

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