Illegal immigrant brother of Georgia homicide suspect accused of using fake immigration documents

Diego Ibarra, 29 and Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, are both from Venezuela and were caught and released last year as part of a record surge of illegal immigrants.

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Diego Ibarra snuck into the U.S. on April 30 and said he wanted to pursue an asylum claim. He was released and indicated he was going to live in New York to await asylum proceedings.

But he ended up in Athens, Georgia, and has already notched three arrests by the end of the year, including charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, shoplifting and failure to appear.

Jose Ibarra snuck into the U.S. in 2022 and was caught and released under the Biden administration’s expansive use of “parole” powers.

He, too, had a prior record with an arrest in New York last summer for “acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17” and a driving infraction. New York authorities released him before federal deportation officers could place with the police a detainer, or request that he be turned over for deportation.

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At least two suspects in the mob attack on New York City police officers last month are Venezuelan migrants who are associated with a Venezuelan gang that’s using the immigration system to infiltrate U.S. communities.