An illegal immigrant who entered the country through the open southern border early in President Joe Biden’s term has been charged in connection to the death of a senior adviser to Democratic Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
The Reno Gazette Journal reported that 38-year-old Kurt Englehart died following a hit-and-run crash in the city on April 6.
On Tuesday, the newspaper revealed in a follow-up report that the suspect arrested in the case, 18-year-old Elmer Rueda-Linares, is in the country illegally.
Rueda-Linares and Englehart were involved in a two-vehicle crash at around 4:30 a.m. on April 6. Police said Rueda-Linares fled the scene but was eventually apprehended.
According to a police news release quoted in the Gazette Journal’s first report on the incident, “impairment does
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