Illegal aliens arrested in fatal jet ski hit-and-run crash that killed teen Air Force recruit; Abbott calls for death penalty



Two illegal immigrants have been arrested in a deadly jet ski hit-and-run crash in Texas over Memorial Day weekend that took the life of a teen Air Force recruit. The governor of Texas has called for the suspect to face the death penalty in the tragic case.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a press release on Tuesday that an illegal alien was involved in the jet ski accident that killed the teenage woman.

'Ava Moore’s senseless death was caused by an illegal alien who should have never been in our country in the first place.'

"On Sunday, Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez — an illegal alien from Venezuela — struck and killed an 18-year-old woman, Ava Moore, on Lake Grapevine with a jet ski," Paxton stated in the news release.

According to authorities, the 21-year-old Gonzalez was riding a jet ski when she mowed over Moore while she was kayaking on Lake Grapevine.

KDFW-TV obtained the arrest affidavit, which claimed that the jet ski was "traveling at a high rate of speed and dangerously close to other people in the water," according to a summary from the outlet. Witnesses allegedly told investigators that the victim attempted to paddle away from the speeding jet ski before she was violently struck from behind by the speeding personal watercraft.

The news outlet reported that Gonzalez fled the crime scene with fellow illegal alien — 21-year-old Maikel Coello Perozo. Meanwhile, the female passenger who was on the jet ski with Gonzalez remained at the scene and was interviewed by first responders, according to a statement from the Texas Game Wardens.

The pair drove away in a vehicle, then Perozo committed a hit-and-run after striking another car while attempting to leave the area, the Grapevine Police Department stated.

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Gonzalez and Perozo — who are both reportedly in the U.S. illegally — were reportedly tracked down by Attorney General Paxton’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and arrested around 11 a.m. on Tuesday at a Dallas-area home. The residence was allegedly surrounded by officers and agents with the Grapevine Police Department, the Dallas Police Department, the Texas Game Wardens, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Homeland Security.

The New York Post reported that Moore suffered severe head trauma after being struck by the jet ski, and later died at a local hospital.

Gonzalez has been charged with second-degree felony manslaughter, and her bond is set at $500,000, according to KDFW.

Texas Game Warden Captain Joseph Quintero stated that Gonzalez could face more charges as the investigation continues.

The Texas Game Wardens are handling the investigation into the jet ski accident fatality, while the Grapevine Police Department is investigating the related automotive hit-and-run incident.

Joshua Johnson — the acting field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in Dallas — confirmed that Gonzalez and Perozo are Venezuelan nationals in the United States illegally, according to MySanAntonio.com.

Johnson noted that both illegal aliens crossed the U.S. southern border in 2023 or 2024. He added that the duo were arrested at the time of illegal entry, processed for a notice to appear in immigration court, and then released.

Johnson also said that Gonzalez and Perozo will have to appear in front of an immigration judge to determine whether they will be deported back to Venezuela.

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Paxton stated, "Ava Moore’s senseless death was caused by an illegal alien who should have never been in our country in the first place. My heart breaks for Ava’s family and friends, and my prayers are with them as they face this tragedy."

Paxton stressed, "My office will continue to work with local, state, and national law enforcement partners to secure justice for Ava.”

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott shared a news video clip of the jet ski hit-and-run incident on the X social media platform with the caption: "Welcome to Texas. Here’s your Death Penalty."

Moore's family emphasized that "forgiveness" will be paramount in moving forward following the tragedy.

“This is a difficult time for all involved, but also an opportunity for our beautiful girl to continue to impact our community,” Moore's family said in a statement that was shared during a press conference on Wednesday, according to NewsNation.

“Out of this tragedy, God will make good — and that only can be accomplished through forgiveness,” the family added.

According to a GoFundMe campaign launched to financially assist Moore's family with her funeral, the teen graduated from Timber Creek High School in 2024, where she was an "outstanding student and athlete."

As of Wednesday afternoon, the GoFundMe campaign had raised more than $35,000.

Moore reportedly had just returned to Texas from Colorado to visit her parents after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School just over a week before the tragic accident.

Moore was purportedly just weeks away from starting basic training before she was killed on Sunday.

Moore’s former basketball coach, Ke’Sha Blanton, said she was "a four-star general in the making."

"Ava was everything this country would want to represent it," Blanton told KRDO-TV.

The U.S. Air Force Academy said in a statement that Moore had "accepted an appointment to join the Academy as a member of the Class of 2029."

Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind said, "We lost an exemplary teammate this weekend — cadet candidate Ava Moore, whose passion for leadership and service left an impact on everyone she met."

"Ava’s constant happiness and attitude helped her squadron get through the challenges of the prep school, and her drive to excel was on display as she sought out leadership positions to improve herself and her team," Bauernfeind continued. "Our team is focused on providing support to Ava’s family, her prep school squadron, the prep school women’s basketball team, and the entire academy family."

You can watch a local newscast from KDFW regarding the jet ski hit-and-run incident here.

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Horrifying: Biden administration turned a blind eye to deadly child trafficking



The Biden administration was behind not only the record amounts of illegal aliens flooding across our border, but over 300,000 unaccompanied children who are now unaccounted for.

“Nobody knows where they are. Nobody can find them,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” tells Ali Hopper and Dr. Jarrod Sadulski, founders of GUARD Against Trafficking.

“This shows the crisis that the Biden-Harris administration created,” Sadulski says. “Since the inauguration, Homeland Security Investigations has conducted an investigation — a well-being check — on 100,000 of the 324,000 that were reported as unaccounted for. Out of that, they could only locate 5,000, which means 95,000 children are completely unaccounted for.”


“And there’s nowhere else to look. The information the Biden-Harris regime accepted from sponsors — it’s been discovered that 70% of it was fraudulent,” he adds.

“So, clearly nobody in this administration was going back and double-checking anything, vetting any of these people, any of the information, to make sure that it was actually accurate. They were just like, ‘Here, sign this paper. I don’t really care what you put on it. I’m not going to check it,’” Gonzales responds, shocked.

According to Sadulski, the Biden administration was accepting documentation via text and WhatsApp.

“So, they would accept a driver’s license or a photo ID. They would provide an address. What ORR under the Biden regime would do is check to see through the post office if that’s actually an address, and if so, then the child was sent,” he tells Gonzales.

In one rare case, an actual Office of Refugee Resettlement caseworker went to the recorded address and discovered that the person portraying themselves as the child’s sponsor had visible MS-13 tattoos.

“There were also others in the house that appeared to be gang members. This caseworker reported that to the leadership at the time under the Office of Refugee Resettlement and was overruled,” Sadulski explains.

“That child was sent to this MS-13 member to be found, I believe three months later, with his pants around his ankles, dead, and an adult male next to him passed out,” he adds.

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Glenn Beck: EVERY TAXPAYER ‘should be raising holy hell’



The cuts to Medicaid have Democrats scrambling for ways to fight back and keep draining the American people of their tax dollars, but Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn’t letting them get away with it.

“I don’t know if you understand this, or whether you’re just mouthing the Democratic talking points. The cuts to Medicaid are for fraud, waste, and abuse. And I'll tell you what that means,” RFK Jr. said to Representative Josh Harder (D-Calif.) in a congressional hearing.

“Because of DOGE, we were able to determine that there are a million people who are claiming Medicaid from multiple states. That’s illegal. It’s a theft. You’re not allowed to do that,” he continued, “these are the only cuts that are being made to Medicaid.”

“And guess what Gavin Newsom did? This morning, he said we’re going to take all the illegal aliens off the California Medicaid rolls because the feds aren’t spying for them anymore,” he added.


“This is RFK arguing with Democrats about Medicaid, fraud, abuse, and he’s saying ‘We’re just taking people off that are illegally using Medicaid,’” BlazeTV host Glenn Beck explains on “The Glenn Beck Program.”

“Who is against this, honestly?” Glenn asks. “Now, Gavin Newsom is putting everybody on California aid. Excuse me, California, how are you going to afford that? Every taxpayer left, right, and center, every taxpayer in California should be raising holy hell.”

“How are you going to pay for that?” he continues, adding, “Your state is going to collapse economically.”

However, Glenn is convinced this isn’t a mistake.

“That’s part of the plan,” Glenn says. “Overwhelm and collapse the system, and they’ve already done it. They did it in New York City back in the '70s, and New York City collapsed. Now, they’re doing it to states, and it’s going to happen the same way. And I’ll be damned if I’m going to send my taxpayer dollars to California.”

“You come to the United States of America, and you ask us to bail you out, and anybody in Congress that is from my state, I will make it my mission to put you out on the street, I will make it my mission if you vote to bail out California,” he warns.

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Texas vs. the Cartel: The DEADLY border showdown



Many small towns in Texas have been overrun by illegal immigrants under the Biden administration — but under Trump that’s hopefully all about to change.

“There was a sigh of relief in Texas when it at least came to the border, because we knew we weren’t going to have to fight our own federal government when it came to actually enforcing the laws,” Greg Sindelar, CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, tells James Poulos of “Zero Hour.”

While it’s been “very overwhelming” for these small towns, Sindelar notes that it was the “system working as designed.”

“So Texas had to jump in. We spent billions and billions and billions of dollars trying to just stem the tide a little bit, but what we learned from that is Mexico is not a good faith actor in this, and I’m talking about the government of Mexico,” he explains.


“And I know they’re very upset by the president saying that they are tied to these cartels. Well, I’m here to tell you they are, at this point, mostly a failed narco state. They have seeded 30% to 40% of their land to these cartels,” he continues, adding, “they let them run anything that they want to do.”

“It’s absolutely horrific what is happening, and the Mexican people are suffering because of it, and Texans and Americans are also suffering because of it,” he adds.

This is why it’s not only important for America to crack down on cartel activity as Trump has promised but Mexico as well.

“Our futures are intertwined,” Sindelar tells Poulos. “If we can’t get Mexico back into being a functioning state again, then we will continue to have these problems, and we’ll continue to pour an immense amount of money and lose an immense amount of American lives until they get their act together.”

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California prioritizing illegal immigrants over DUI victims — where was their ‘due process’?



California was set to release an illegal immigrant named Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, who killed two American teenagers in a drunk driving crash — despite his 10-year sentence and ICE detainer.

However, California “was set” to release him, as border czar Tom Homan and the DOJ stepped up to the plate.

“Everybody asks why I get so emotional on network TV, why I get emotional when I testify. Because I’ve met hundreds of angel moms and dads and hear every story. I’ll never forget any of those stories. It’s just a tragedy,” Homan said in an interview on Fox News.


“But I’ll make this commitment right now. I’ll work for Secretary Noem on this case, and I guarantee you, if they don’t honor a detainer who have ICE agents outside that facility, to take custody of this individual and deport him ... we will prosecute him, and we will deport him," Homan continued.

The illegal immigrant has been deported several times already, which Homan notes makes him a felon.

“Re-entering the country at the point of deportation is a felony,” Homan explained.

The DOJ has also announced that they will be pursuing federal charges, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explained as well that “if he is to be released, he will immediately be transferred into ICE custody.”

However, as seen all across the mainstream media, the Democrats are pulling out all the stops to keep these illegal immigrants protected and in the United States.

“That’s what the Democrats are hoping for now, that they can turn America into a one-party state, a blanket amnesty for however many 50 million illegals that are here,” Blaze Media digital strategist Logan Hall tells Sara Gonzales on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

“That is the goal. That is why all these judges are fighting to keep all these illegals here. They want America to be blue forever and for us to never be able to deport these people who broke our laws and invaded our sovereignty,” he continues.

Democrats have been calling for the immigrants' rights to “due process” — which Gonzales finds not only absurd, but heartless.

“You’ve got the Laken Rileys. You’ve got the Rachel Morins. You’ve got all of these American citizens who I would say were denied due process. That’s what the Democrats latest buzzword is — due process. They were denied due process whenever they were killed, brutally murdered, for no reason,” she adds.

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