Moreno Valley School Board member Mike (Miguel) Rios' wife and sole support is facing deportation to El Salvador
By City News Service, on November 29, 2011
Dora Landaverde-Torres, 39, is the wife of Moreno Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees member, Mike Rios.
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokeswoman, Virginia Kice, Landaverde-Torres has been held in an immigration facility in Santa Ana.
She was arrested Sept. 20 in a 7-day, nationwide operation during which 2,901 illegal immigrants who had been convicted of crimes were apprehended, Kice said.
Landaverde-Torres’ was originally arrested based on a felony drug conviction and deportation in the late 1990s according to Kice
Landaverde-Torres’ was originally arrested based on a felony drug conviction and deportation in the late 1990s according to Kice
Inmate locater records indicate that Landaverde-Torres is currently in custody at the City of Santa Ana jail.
Her arrest by ICE agents came during Operation Cross Check, which focused on apprehending illegal immigrants who committed crimes or were previously deported.
Court records indicate a guilty plea was entered by Landaverde-Torres on Oct.10, 1996, in an Orange County court for “the sale or transport of marijuana”. She received a sentence of 270-days in jail and 3-years probation.
Published reports indicate that she was deported but apparently re-entered the United States, where she again faces deportation, this time to El Salvador.
“Ms. Landaverde’s legal representatives have filed a motion with the immigration courts, seeking to reopen her deportation case. Her removal has been stayed while the court considers that motion,” Kice said.
Mike Rios, 41, gained attention in July 2010, after 17-year-old Norma Lopez was abducted and killed while walking home from summer school classes. He told news outlets that he was a member of the City Council and represented the city in statements to the news media and press.
Rios further claimed there was a $7,500 reward for the teenager’s safe return two days after she went missing. In a subsequent statement at that time, Mayor Bonnie Flickinger publicly disavowed any knowledge of a reward, pointedly clarifying that Rios was not an elected official.
Rios was later elected to the school board in November 2010, campaigning as “the people’s candidate”, receiving the most votes in an eight-way race. There was considerable question to the validity of some of those votes.
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