Brutal Murder of Israeli Businessman in LA Tied to Illegal Immigrants

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Brutal Murder of Israeli Businessman in Los Angeles Tied to Illegal Immigrants — One Freed by Sanctuary City

 

The harrowing murder of an Israeli businessman in Los Angeles has shed light on growing concerns over immigration enforcement and sanctuary city policies. Authorities say that three men accused of brutally killing 47-year-old Alexander Modebadze in his home are all illegal immigrants from Georgia, one of whom was previously released by a sanctuary city despite a federal detainer request.

 

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Modebadze was held captive for hours in his own residence before being savagely beaten to death. The suspects — Pata Kochiashvili, Zaza Otarashvili, and Besiki Khutsishvili — have been arrested and charged with murder. Each of them is now being held on $2 million bail, and federal immigration detainers have been placed on all three.

 

Details have emerged revealing how the men entered and remained in the United States. Otarashvili and Khutsishvili crossed the southern border illegally during the Biden administration. Otarashvili was detained by border agents after illegally entering near Yuma, Arizona, on July 3, 2022. He was released soon afterward and instructed to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in New York, which he did about three weeks later. At that appointment, he was given another date a year out, which he failed to attend. He submitted an asylum application in October 2022, but his court hearing was cancelled for unknown reasons.

 

 

Khutsishvili entered through San Luis, Arizona, on March 18, 2022. After being transferred to ICE, he was released 12 days later on a $3,000 immigration bond. He initially told officials he planned to move to New York, where he filed an asylum application. He later informed the immigration court of his intention to relocate to Van Nuys, California. His next hearing isn’t scheduled until 2028.

 

Kochiashvili’s immigration history traces back even further. He entered the U.S. legally as a tourist on October 8, 2017, but was required to leave by April 2018 — a deadline he ignored. He later applied for asylum, though his case never led to his removal. In September 2020, he was arrested by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in West Hollywood for burglary, but the case was dropped due to lack of evidence. Federal authorities filed a detainer the day after his arrest, yet local officials released him anyway. He was arrested again in August 2022 in Palmdale for marijuana cultivation, a case that remains pending. Again, ICE filed a detainer the next day, and once more, it was ignored.

 

In a chilling twist, hours after Modebadze’s body was discovered, police found another Israeli businessman, Meni Hidhra — the brother of a prison warden in Israel — murdered in his home in the same neighborhood. The Jewish Journal reported on the second killing, which, although similarly brutal, appears to be unrelated to the Modebadze case. Authorities are currently seeking a Hispanic male suspect, believed to be between 30 and 40 years old, in connection to Hidhra’s death.

 

As investigations continue, the case has stirred political debate over immigration policies and sanctuary jurisdictions. The release of individuals with prior arrests despite ICE detainers has become a focal point of criticism, especially in light of violent crimes like this.

 

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[Cryingdick]

This happens when you let millions of people in unvetted, during a pandemic no less, with no rational explanation for doing so.

[Pouatchee]

1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:

This happens when you let millions of people in unvetted, during a pandemic no less, with no rational explanation for doing so.

 

let the proud wokies like @WDSmart come along and tell us why he agrees with criminals being released in sanctuary cities. I am sure his take on this will make for a good read