ICE source: Suspect in Texas massacre had been deported 4 times after entering U.S. illegally

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🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

There is a manhunt for Francisco Oropesa Perez-Torres, who police say is armed and dangerous, after he allegedly killed five neighbors, including a nine-year-old boy. A source with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tells CNN the suspect had been deported from the United States four times after he entered illegally. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe tells AC360 what investigators are likely doing to try and track down Oropesa.

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0:00.0	An alleged mass killer has spent three days and nights on the run.
0:05.4	The FBI is now asking you to help make tonight his last.
0:09.6	John Berman here in Foranderson, take a look.
0:12.4	This is a new FBI wanted poster of Francisco Opresso, or Opeza, armed, endangeraient reads,
0:19.0	deported four times after entering the country illegally at Federal Source Tel CNN.
0:23.5	And there at the bottom, the number to dial if you have any information on his whereabouts,
0:28.2	1-800-CALL FBI.
0:30.4	There's also a web address, tips.fbi.gov, and an $80,000 reward.
0:36.3	This for the man authorities say, shot five people to death at a neighbor's home outside
0:41.1	Houston Friday night.
0:42.8	Shortly after, the neighbor Wilson Garcia asked Oropes to stop firing his gun so his baby
0:48.5	could sleep.
0:49.5	A minute later, Mr. Garcia's wife, his nine-year-old son, and three others were shot dead.
0:55.3	Phoenix Ed Labendora joins us now with the very latest Ed, what are you here in tonight?
1:01.8	John, well tonight, friends and neighbors are gathered outside of the crime scene, where
1:07.0	five people were shot and killed Friday night, and family members, and the people who survived
1:12.8	this bloody rampage to have described in the last day the frantic 911 calls they were
1:18.8	making pleading for help.
1:21.0	But this area of Cleveland, Texas is in a remote area of the county, and the sheriff says
1:26.4	they got here as fast as they could, but that wasn't enough.
1:31.2	According to law enforcement investigators, at 1131 Friday night, 911 received multiple
1:36.8	calls about gunshots, someone shooting in a nearby yard.
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