Immigration Officials Identify Driver in Minnesota school-bus Crash That Killed 4 Kids (AP Video)

AP ^ | February 25, 08 | AP

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Immigration agents say they've learned the true identity of a van driver charged in a Minnesota bus crash that killed four children.

Twenty-4-year-old Olga Marina Franco of Guatemala is accused of running a stop sign and hitting the school bus. Investigators say she gave them a fake name after last week's crash and told them she was from Mexico.

Franco is charged with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide and lesser crimes. Authorities say she claims she stopped at the sign and the bus hit her.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers say they believe Franco is an illegal immigrant.

A joint funeral for 13-year-old Jesse Javens and his 9-year-old brother Hunter was held Monday at their southwestern Minnesota school.

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[nyyankeefan]

jorge bush and juan mccain expressed sorrow that this piece of shi-ite was caught!!!!

[SkyPilot]

Another illegal. She enters this country illegally, breaks our laws, drives a vehicle without a drivers license, runs a stop sign, murders children, lies to the police about her name and where she is from, and blames the school bus for hitting her.

See, she is a victim.

_{The woman identified as Alianiss Nunez Morales, 23, is wheeled into her first court appearance by law enforcement officials Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at the Lyon County courthouse in Marshall, Minn. Morales, who immigration officials say is using an alias and is in the country illegally, was charged with four counts of criminal-vehicular homicide, running a stop sign and driving without a license in the Feb. 19, 2008 crash with a school bus that killed four students near Cottonwood, Minn. (AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jean Pieri)}

_{In this undated photo provided by Classic Images Portrait Studio, Hunter Javens is shown. Javens, 9 was one four children killed in Minnesota's worst school bus crash in at least two decades, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Classic Images Portrait Studio)}

Others killed:

[FES0844]

and no one in that town takes to the streets to protest???
I give up.

[FES0844]

& no one in this town takes to the streets to protest???
I give up.

[ScratInTheHat]

If she would have been able to run they would still be looking for her!

[Pedrobud]

I agree. How sad for the families of these children. I am so upset about the government not protecting our borders. This woman should be made an example of. Illegal immigration should be a huge issue in this election but the media are minimizing it.
I used to be a huge supporter of FoxNews but no more. Now, it is all internet. Screw them, first of all pushing Juan McCain, then minimizing illegal aliens and the impact it is having on Americans.

[kittymyrib]

“She enters this country illegally, breaks our laws, drives a vehicle without a drivers license, runs a stop sign, murders children, lies to the police about her name and where she is from, and blames the school bus for hitting her.”

Is the Jenny-O turkey processing plant paying for this slime’s medical care, or is part of the perk for employing illegals the fact that they don’t get medical insurance? Inquiring minds want to know if this sleazy employer will be paying any penalty, or will it just be the taxpayers and the families, who have paid the greatest price of all, the death of their children. Wake up, America. There must be jail time for employers of illegals.

[HenpeckedCon]

I forget, was vehicular homicide one of the deal breakers that McCain voted against on the Cornyn Amendment to the “Comprehensive immigration reform” bill?

[HenpeckedCon]

I think you already know who’s paying her medical bills... Got a mirror?

[TheBattman]

I agree. Had this been an accident involving a white police officer crashing into a school bus in Memphis (thus mostly black children on the bus) and 4 had died, I guarantee there would be protests calling for the officer’s head.

And the lack of real meaningful reaction just gives strength to John McCain and his ilk... who want to protect and encourage illegal immigration.

[britt reed]

All I can hope is when the politicos, from dog catcher on up, showed up for the photo-op about how much "they cared", they received a well-deserved slap in the face or kick to the groin.

But the sheep simply go down to the grass and munch away blissfully. Americans don't have the balls to do what needs to be done, we deserve what we get.

[WildcatClan]

That’s one helluva point you just made, but, in fairness, there are 1000’s of other cities who have shown the same apathy. You see, we are lazy and are soon to lose the Republic. After all, it wasn’t our friend, son, daughter, brother, sister, mother or father. So, we just shake our heads at the tragedy and move on to the next day, too ignorant to realize the next incident might very well involve someone we know and love.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

I am writing my Gov. Pawlenty & my Rep. this morning. This crap has got to stop.

[Sal]

Authorities say she claims she stopped at the sign and the bus hit her.

Good thing Johnny Sutton-fong is working the area way down in Texas or he'd have the bus driver in jail strictly on the word of a lying, criminal scum.

[blackdog]

Unregistered, unlicensed, uninsured, and undocumented. It's the only way to go.

If this were an American citizen who had no operators license, unregistered vehicle, and obviously uninsured, they'd lose their home, savings, and any other assets by being so irresponsible.

Since this is an illegal, there's no value in doing anything about it. They'd never pay fines or even show up for court. Since chasing these people down just clogs up the system, cops just don't even write them tickets anymore. My daughter goes to University of Minnesota, twin cities. The cops don't even bother enforcing tags on cars in little somalia(south side of campus). It's like all the sudden you're in some national geographic film clip when you look around.

[stevie_d_64]

Bingo!

[stevie_d_64]

Why are you doing that???

Don’t you know he is on the short list of VP candidates for McCain???

No way he’s going to screw that gig up...

[blackdog]

The university sustains the population of illegals in Minneapolis. They value multiculturalism you know. Or is it celebrate diversity? Same thing I suppose.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

I just sent it to my Representative (D).