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Court documents reveal an illegal Mexican immigrant charged with the murder of Ruby Garcia had several run-ins with police before he was deported in 2020.Garcia's body was found on U.S. 131 Friday, according to Michigan State Police. Garcia was a Grand Rapids resident. Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, was charged with the following Tuesday: felony murder, open murder, carjacking, carrying a concealed weapon, and felony firearm. According to federal agencies, Ortiz-Vite reentered the country illegally at an unknown date and time. If troopers identify an undocumented individual, they are required to inform Immigration Customs Enforcement, known as ICE. ICE determines if these...

The illegal migrant suspected of killing a 25-year-old Michigan woman was deported during the Trump administration and subsequently re-entered the country again illegally. Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, is alleged to have shot and killed Ruby Garcia, 25, whose body was left at the side of highway U.S. 131 in downtown Grand Rapids on Friday night. Michigan State Police are still carrying out an investigation into her death but believe she may have been the victim of a car-jacking at around 11:38pm on Friday. Ortiz-Vite is awaiting arraignment on an open murder charge. He was booked on Sunday and is expected to...