Posted on 08/08/2019 5:57:23 PM PDT by bitt
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Eight months after he sought sanctuary from a Colorado Springs church to avoid deportation, Miguel Ramirez Valiente stands accused of careless driving with a revoked license in a crash that claimed the life of a father of five.
Now, those who know Ramirez Valiente say he never should have been driving.
"It took people saying, 'You need to say something about this to get that family help and justice,' and that’s when we made the call," said a close acquaintance of Ramirez Valiente, who asked to have her identity protected for her safety. "My heart broke for this family because this could be prevented."
Last Friday, Sean Buchanan, a father of five, was riding his motorcycle on Highway 83 when Colorado State Patrol troopers said another driver swerved into his lane and killed him.
"He was amazing," said his grieving wife Kathy, struggling to cope with an unimaginable loss. "It’s trying to figure out what the new normal looks like when the old normal was so good."
The other driver, Miguel Ramirez Valiente, received national media attention in January while seeking sanctuary at a Colorado Springs Church.
He was pleading to avoid deportation to El Salvador to stay with his family.
"I can’t be separated from them," he said. "I have always worked hard to support my family, and they depend on me."
But those who know Ramirez said his arrest history tells a different story, and they want the Buchanan family to know it.
"This family deserves to know who they’re dealing with," said a close acquaintance of Ramirez Valiente. "He's an alcoholic and an abuser."
His arrest record shows charges for reckless endangerment in 2011 and domestic violence in 2016, both cases apparently dismissed by the El Paso County District Attorney.
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Just heartbreaking.
Every elected official who refuses to uphold the rule of law on fraudulently documented foreigners is acting as an enemy agent.
He was pleading to avoid deportation to El Salvador to stay with his family.
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Deport the family anyway.
Yep, these are the same a-holes that ban a number of activities, put pads on everything/everyone and create a number of rules and regulations..."because even if it might save one life....it's worth it".
Somehow saving lives from illegals must not be worth it to them.
Get a lawyer who’ll research the killer (he did kill).
If he had *any* criminal record prior to the one that killed this father, take the church to court for financial and emotional loss.
If the illegal had not been able to stay in the church the odds are history just may have been different.
Either way, make the church explain to the public, the dead father’s family and its own parish members why they willingly backed a criminal.
“I can’t be separated from them,” Valiente said.
Sean Buchanan would love to be able to say that.
PDJT MUST use videos of crash scenes leading up to the election. Enough Is Enough.
Every single person who aided and abetted this criminal should be driven naked into the wilderness. Including whoever runs that phony church, the prosecutor, and the judge.
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Oh, so the ILLEGAL killed a man who WAS NOT a RACISSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Prick. Ef the f*cking politicians.
Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler and the rest of those democrats who refuse to uphold our immigration laws should have this picture front and center on their desks and have to view it every day for the rest of their lives.....
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Two bits says the people of Colorado will support Ramirez and not the Buchanan family - some strange people there.
I know Sean, I worked with him for quite a few years. A very good man. I hope his wife takes the Universalist Church to the cleaners...
Wrong, El Paso county, Sean was well known and very much liked. His family will be taken care of.
I think they should be charged with the same crimes those they let go are charged with, or at least accessory to the crime.
I don’t think he has to worry about being deported anymore. 10-20 years in jail will guarantee him a nice place to stay before he is deported.
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