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December 01, 2006
A Marine Is Killed by An Illegal
The Thanksgiving accident, in which Howard County police allege that illegal Morales-Soriano's blood-alcohol level was four times the legal limit, resulted in the death of Marine Cpl. Brian Mathews, 21, of Columbia and Jennifer Bower, 24, of Montgomery Village, which is north of Gaithersburg.
A man charged with manslaughter in the drunken-driving deaths of two people was in the U.S. illegally and had obtained a driver's license in North Carolina, according to immigration officials.
Eduardo Raul Morales-Soriano, 25, of Laurel, has been charged with two counts of homicide by motor vehicle in the deaths of Marine Cpl. Brian Mathews, 21, of Columbia, and Jennifer Bower, 24, of Montgomery Village.
Mathews and Bower, who were on their second date, were killed on Thanksgiving when Morales-Soriano allegedly slammed into the back of their car. Mathews had recently finished eight months of duty in Iraq and planned to leave the military in June.
Morales-Soriano, who police said had a blood-alcohol level four times the legal limit for driving, was not injured in the crash. He was being held in the Howard County Detention Center on $830,000 bail.
There was no record of Morales-Soriano, a Mexican citizen who worked as a landscaper, entering the U.S. legally, said James Dinkins, acting special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in Baltimore.
Morales-Soriano used his North Carolina driver's license issued Feb. 5, 2004, to obtain a license in Maryland on July 8, 2005, according to Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, The (Baltimore) Sun reported.
And get this, back in February, Morales-Soriano refused a Breathalyzer test at the scene of a non-injury accident but his license was never suspended, police said.
Smelling of alcohol and failing to keep his balance, Morales-Soriano refused the test and was given four citations before being released, said Wayne Kirwan, a spokesman for Howard County State's Attorney Office.
The police officer mistakenly gave Morales-Soriano a form that was should have been sent to the motor vehicle office. Officials couldn't suspend his license as required by law when a driver refuses a Breathalyzer.
Prosecutors later dropped the charges against Morales-Soriano, noting weak evidence.
And now after serving in Iraq this soldier, then comes home and gets killed by an illegal!!!!
Marine mourned after drunken driving crash
Marine Cpl. Brian Mathews was patrolling downtown Ramadi, Iraq, on Nov. 11, 2005, when his unit fell victim to an insurgent sniper ambush.
But Mathews, 21, of Columbia, never flinched.“He was beside me the whole time,” said Cpl. Daniel Robinson, 22, of Texas, Mathews’ squad leader. “He was giving his team commands. He was a perfectionist Marine, and it really showed. We didn’t have one casualty or one killed in action in the ambush.”
Now Mathews’ fellow Marines are mourning his death after police say a drunken driver killed the 21-year-old on Thanksgiving night while he was home visiting his family in Columbia.
Reached at Camp Pendleton in California, Cpl. Garrett Farris, 21, of Texas, said the Marines who served with Mathews are distraught over his death.
“It’s more anger than anything,” he said. “A guy goes to war and has no problems with that. He comes back to the States, and it’s supposed to be our safe place.”
Those sentiments were echoed by Lance Cpl. Jae Lee, 21, of Orange County, Calif., who served with Mathews in Ramadi.
“He was a really good friend,” Lee said. “I was shocked at first when I heard what happened. He went through seven months in Iraq, and to get hit by a drunken driver is unfair.”
Mathews and Jennifer Bower, 24, of Montgomery Village, were killed after a crash at 10:20 p.m. on Route 175 in Columbia, when police say a 25-year-old man who was drinking and driving slammed into their car.
Police have charged Eduardo Raul Morales Soriano, 25, of Laurel, with homicide by motor vehicle, manslaughter while intoxicated, and driving while under the influence of alcohol. Soriano was not injured, police said.
Mathews’ fellow Marines remember him as a solid, responsible Marine. They say his death is a huge loss to the force.
Posted by Wild Thing at December 1, 2006 01:55 AM
Comments
Here we go again more Americans dead at the hands of an illegal alien that has no right to be here. This Marine and his girlfriend are part of an ever growing number 12 Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, 13 Americans are killed every day by an illegal alien driving drunk. Thousands of kids are molested every year by illegal aliens all this unfortunate people that have suffered have one thing in common. The United States government lead by President George Bush has failed to take any reasonable action to protect them. The President has failed in his duty to these American citizens and this does not even scratch the surface.
Posted by: Jack hamilton at December 1, 2006 07:24 AM
That goes right along with this:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53103
Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That's 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.
While King reports 12 Americans are murdered daily by illegal aliens, he says 13 are killed by drunk illegal alien drivers – for another annual death toll of 4,745. That's 23,725 since Sept. 11, 2001.
Over 43,000 American Citizens have died because Illegal Aliens have chosen to violate our laws.
Well, at least the jobs nobody else wants are getting done, right. I wonder if they work for cemeteries digging graves too?
Posted by: BobF at December 1, 2006 09:46 AM
Yes, but these "illegal, er, undocumented, do jobs Americans won't do". Probably one of the lamest excuses ever uttered by an American President.
The elected side of our Federal government seems more concerned with economics tham morals or the law. Illegal aliens have killed more Americans than terrorists have in the past 5 years. They have caused the closings of hundreds of local hospitals by not paying for services. They have formed a sub culture of crime and gangs. Their kids drop out of school. They fail to assimilate.
I call this invasion by illegals the Second War of Terror. It is the War on American Culture and it may have already been lost. Aided, abetted and encouraged by our elected Federal officials.
Posted by: TomR at December 1, 2006 11:14 AM
Jack H., when Bush ran the first term I hoped he would forget about what he wanted for the illegal’s, unfortunately he is bound an determined to do what he wants.
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 2, 2006 12:16 AM
Bob, thank you for the link about this.
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 2, 2006 12:16 AM
Tom......"I call this invasion by illegals the Second War of Terror."......... I agree, that is exactly what it is.
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 2, 2006 12:17 AM
This unending immigrattion and the Senates sponsoring of an amnesty bill, a reward for breaking our Laws, and Bush's backing the AMNESTY Bill, it one of the prime reasons we are in the tank now.
These little suckers are like Cockraoches, all you need is one and suddenly you have a whole house full of cockroaches. Bush and Foxe and now Calderon are encouraging all these Peons to come to Amer-Ree-Ca and you can live off the gringo and send what's left over back to old Me-He-co.
It is about time we start looking out for our own.
Posted by: Mark at December 2, 2006 12:12 PM
People are out to kill, and some are just plain stupid. Unfortunately, it seems the stupid ones do more damage than the ones out to kill. (i.e. Bush,Annan,Olmert, Vs. Bin laden, Mashaal (hamas) etc.)
Posted by: Bill at December 2, 2006 07:06 PM
