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“The actions I took on the night of March 22 do not define who
my people are. I apologize with the utmost respect to all
immigrants from all walks of life," Brandon Ortiz Vite told a
judge in Grand Rapids.
Ortiz Vite, 26, pleaded guilty in September to murder and other
crimes.
Ruby Garcia was found shot to death on the side of a Grand
Rapids highway.
She and Ortiz Vite had been in a car on U.S. 131, arguing about
their relationship, when he shot her in the head, removed her
body from the car and drove away, investigators said.
Last spring, former President Donald Trump publicly accused the
Biden administration of failing to keep Ortiz Vite out of the
country after he was deported in 2020. But it’s not known
whether he returned to the U.S. during the last year of the
Trump administration or during the Biden administration.
AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of more than 115,000 voters
nationwide, found that Trump's supporters on Election Day were
largely focused on immigration and inflation.
“You, sir, are a cold-blooded murderer,” Judge Mark Trusock told
Ortiz Vite. “This is an intentional crime, and you are a danger
to society."
Ortiz Vite suggested he was using drugs that day.
“I can’t explain my mind that night," he said. “However, deep
down within, I knew I was wrong.”
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