Father Faces Deportation After Making Headlines

[no name 1]

POSTED: 10:39 am EST January 7, 2008

UPDATED: 10:50 am EST January 7, 2008

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The father of Rhode Island's first baby of 2008 faces deportation after being arrested for violating immigration laws, while his roommate, also an illegal immigrant, was found dead of a suspected suicide hours after the arrest.

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mynor Montufar at his apartment Friday after local newspapers and television stations showed him and Carmen Marrero as parents of the first baby born in the state after the new year rolled in, officials said.

ICE spokeswoman Paula Grenier said the timing of Montufar's arrest was coincidental to the publicity surrounding his child. Another man also was arrested at the apartment, although Grenier would not identify him, citing agency policy.

Another illegal immigrant who shared the couple's apartment, David De La Roca, 25, was found dead in a suspected suicide shortly after Montufar was taken into custody. He was found hanging from a belt in a locked bedroom, according to a police report.

When searching the apartment, ICE agents did not enter the locked bedroom where De La Roca was later found dead, Grenier said. It was not immediately clear when he died, but officials at the state medical examiner's office said they were planning an autopsy.

The president of the Mexican-American Association of Rhode Island, Antonio Barajas, said an investigation would show whether the death was a result of distress triggered by fear of deportation.

"There are two tragedies," Barajas said. "Hopefully an investigation will be conducted to determine whether they are related or not."

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Edited January 8, 2008 by devilette

[*julez* 124]

Its pretty bad when suicide is a better option than deportation.

[no name 1]

I don't understand why he did that....instead of running?

[Alt name 1]

No sympathy

[Fandango 1,439]

The suicide will no doubt be blamed on ICE.

[Alex+R 0]

The suicide will no doubt be blamed on ICE.

By whom?

PS Isn't it a sad story, regardless?

[natty bumppo 297]

There is a message in this somewhere .....

[wishbone 0]

Maybe there is something more on his punishment aside from being deported.

It's really sad.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

does this count as self deporting?

[no name 1]

does this count as self deporting?

Charles!

[LaL 418]

does this count as self deporting?

That is terrible.

[Fandango 1,439]

The suicide will no doubt be blamed on ICE.

By whom?

PS Isn't it a sad story, regardless?

Well, I see foreshadowing in the following:

The president of the Mexican-American Association of Rhode Island, Antonio Barajas, said an investigation would show whether the death was a result of distress triggered by fear of deportation.

"There are two tragedies," Barajas said. "Hopefully an investigation will be conducted to determine whether they are related or not."

And yes, it's a sad story....

[patiently_waiting 0]

I guess death is one way to avoid ICE. NOt my first choice. There has to be more to the story that wasn't said or known.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I guess death is one way to avoid ICE. NOt my first choice. There has to be more to the story that wasn't said or known.

####### Cheney ripped his head off and ate it. The media is lying again.

[almaty 19]

it is a sad story...