“A Marshall resident who said he is a cousin of Franco’s said family members don’t know how Franco ended up with a false identity.
Relatives said Franco looked shocked and scared in the hospital and in the courthouse after the crash, the cousin said.
He added that Franco was “goodhearted.”
“Just like everybody else, she came to this country for the American dream ... all those dreams are shattered with this,” the cousin said.
He said that neither he nor other relatives wanted to identify themselves for fear their children might be harassed.
Franco moved to the United States three or four years ago, briefly living in Virginia before coming to live with friends in Montevideo, and then moving in with cousins in Marshall, the cousin said.
But Franco left Marshall to live in Willmar and “ended up hanging out with the wrong people,” the cousin said. She worked for several months at the Jennie-O plant in Willmar before taking a job in Cottonwood, which is about 140 miles west of the Twin Cities. Franco had told relatives that she’d recently moved to the town of Minneota with her boyfriend, whom they didn’t know, to be closer to her job with a cabinet maker in Cottonwood.
Franco said the boyfriend was in the van when the crash took place but fled the scene, leaving her pinned inside with a broken leg, according to the cousin.
Investigators have heard rumors that a man was in the van with Franco, but the investigation and interviews so far have not supported that, said Lt. Brian West of the Minnesota State Patrol.”
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She is the wrong people.
“Just like everybody else, she came to this country for the American dream ..
They've got the talking points down well, don't they.
all those dreams are shattered with this,”
This? Four children died. What about them? Their parents lost more than a dream.
Her name is Olga Franco. She's 24 and Guatemalan.
...ICE would not say how it determined Franco's identity.
I'd like to know why that is.