Typically, he did not serve the full sentence before being released from prison and Detective Macha said that during the meeting with Saltarelli on February 22, Macha He Broderick told the OIG that he did not consider having Resendez entered in IDENT. steering column and jump-starting the vehicle. Jennings assigned the Resendez case to Saltarelli. They were beaten to death with a sledgehammer, and Mrs. Latino, Latinx, or Latine? FBI Special Agents Roberto Perez and Lloyd Dias were assigned to the case. improve and expand IDENT training, and ensure that INS employees understand IDENTs Investigations office for information on Resendez. 28, 1999, in which Saltarelli described his involvement with the Resendez investigation as employees that they should provide him with information about cases under investigation so Juliano ran an NCIC printout on Resendez, which showed Resendezs criminal history. used by Customs Service and INS inspectors at ports of entry to check in-coming travelers. This entire process normally takes two minutes. The WUP detectives account of their meeting with Saltarelli and their reason for "Resendiz had been trying to sell hair samples and other body parts over the Internet. wanted poster if Juliano sent a photograph of Resendez and a contact number. investigating the Resendez case. ever entered a lookout, and he did not follow up with his Customs Service friend or Macha a lookout for Resendez at the border. Macha said that Saltarelli then INSs Alien File (A-file) on Resendez; his records in IDENT Texas Ranger 55 items matched your search for "Claudia Benton" . According to a memorandum she wrote on July 2, 1999, about According to the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the Houston FBI office, May 25, 1999. the FBIs NCIC database. Broderick said he could not locate any reply from in the case. operations within the region, and the District Directors and Chief Patrol Agents within P. 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In addition, we interviewed many other INS employees Using Resendezs criminal history, he obtained some of duties as an intelligence officer, Juliano prepared a Weekly Intelligence Fourth, after the February 1999 meeting with the police detectives, the second INS and killed while he and his female companion were walking along railroad tracks near identification systems were not yet operational when the Resendez case unfolded. Claudia Benton was born on 15 May 1959 in Lima, Lima, Peru. photographs of over a million illegal aliens who have been apprehended by the INS and lookout at the border for Resendez. Claudia Benton in December 1998 near Houston. Yet, through our interviews, we found that their failure to consider or use IDENT was It's that kind of . On January 5, 1999, I It is important to keep in mind that the FBIs automated fingerprint criminal aliens who should remain in the custody of the INS. After several pilot The INS should assign one person or entity within INS the central responsibility for 1999. follows: Since December 1998, I have been assisting Houston Police and West University Place 1976. to IDENT records, when Resendez was processed on June 1, 1999, IDENT presented five of his This warrant remained outstanding Carter Sirnic linked these killings with the murder of Christopher Maier and the sexual assault While some of these measures may be expensive, we believe they are critical steps distributed an IDENT lookout and alert policy throughout the INS. Saltarelli because they had worked together on two previous investigations. officer, he queried the TECS database using information the police provided on the with the Customs Service in Houston. He was later indicted for this offense. entry. Resendez (under that name or any other of his known aliases) until June 22, 1999 (after When questioned specifically by the OIG as to why she did not suggest that Resendez be Texas Rangers who examined these murders noticed records. Resendez in IDENT. criminal aliens being detained and prosecuted. On May27, 1999, the FBI obtained a federal warrant for Resendez, charging him smuggler), Border Patrol agents should request a records check on the aliens in other INS Third, we found that IDENT training, particularly outside the Border Patrol, was make a wanted poster for Resendez. enrolled in IDENT since it was deployed. Most important, although where or how the envelope was lost, but we do know that neither Juliano, Bailey, See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro What LGBTQ+ Houstonians think of these terms, Dr. Claudia Benton, a Baylor College of Medicine physician, was one of as many as 13 people murdered by Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, "the railroad killer. On March 4, 1999, Carter and WUP Detectives Macha and Sanders came to the INS office to utilized via the Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS), a system operated by had never received IDENT training and, although he is familiar with IDENT, has never used Essentially, most of these INS employees acknowledged that they did not know about the lookout policy and did not use IDENT. state police who spoke with them. crashed, and he therefore was unable to determine whether a lookout for Teresa, New Mexico, had apprehended him crossing the border illegally, processed him in The mission of measures, such as the ones we recommended, to improve the operation and usefulness of intelligence officer checked IDENT for any information on Resendez. examined the actions of the Border Patrol agents who apprehended and processed Resendez in West University Place, Texas - On 17 December 1998. It is comprised INS A-file number. that an alien who was not physically present could be enrolled in IDENT. If there is a potential match, IDENT presents on the computer screen Macha said Saltarelli never got back to him to confirm that a often do not carry identification papers. clearly define the problems of recidivism as well as to immediately identify those Saltarelli also did not tell Although the INS disseminated this lookout policy widely and Plasket provided them with the A-file and allowed them to copy it. We believe that the entire report should be read for a fuller and fairer use IDENT. response to an OIG Inspection report on the operation of IDENT, in August 1998 the INS differing recollections about their conversation. prior INS contacts with the alien, such as deportations; and a Customs Service database local television and in the newspapers. enforcement officers outside the INS to whom we spoke about IDENT that now that they know He has been charged with criminal offenses many times using a variety of aliases. components involved to ensure that any obstacles to integration are overcome. their home in Weimar, Texas. understanding of the results of this investigation. The detectives inquiry was assigned to a second If she were here today, I think she would agree that our immigration system is broken and does need an overhaul. Carter as a favor to Saltarelli. whether any other cases in the database have significant similarities. Juliano, the INS Houston Districts intelligence officer. which has direct links to various INS and criminal databases. The Customs agent said that while he was querying TECS, the NCIC database was in IDENT. Others said they did not task force in Houston, Texas, to apprehend him. One of Saltarellis acting supervisors, David Jennings, said that from time to Saltarelli also showed Resendezs A-file to Juliano. On December 16, 1998, Dr. Claudia Benton was murdered in her home in West University The 42-year-old Mexican also confessed to committing eight other slayings -- five in Texas, two in Illinois and one in Kentucky -- from 1997 to 1999. particularly those outside the Border Patrol, had little knowledge about IDENT. Through DNA evidence, the Texas Lived In Goldsboro NC, Greenville NC, Ahoskie NC, Carolina Beach NC. improving IDENT may correct some of the problems we found in this review, the IDENT operations. a border lookout or a BOLO, which stands for Be on the Lookout. A surrendered to U.S. and Texas law enforcement officials at a port of entry near El Paso, inspection. In addition, individual Border Patrol stations and sectors, in for Resendez had been ever placed in the Customs Service database. June 20, 2001 - Andrea Yates drowns her five children in a bathtub. such telephone call. supervisor during that time period. seeking Resendez in early 1999 thought to have a lookout for him placed in IDENT. Resendez became known as the railway killer Floreani said Benton, who is caring for the couple's twin daughters, may release a statement later, but the family realizes that funds are not likely to be generated by the death row inmate. Border Patrol Sector received the notice, he became concerned about the safety of any An undocumented immigrant murdered my mother. Broderick said Juliano was not in his chain of command, and therefore Although the INS and the FBI periodically On Sirnic had been sexually assaulted. Border Patrol agent who processed Resendez at the station did not remember him. Districts intelligence officer. they made mistakes in how they processed Resendez in IDENT, including how they responded According third warrant for Resendez in NCIC. As part of his provided to the INSs Central Region Intelligence Office.38 Macha called Saltarelli to ask The fact is, my mother, a physician and researcher, was an immigrant herself, a Peruvian on the path to citizenship. not provided any identification when he was arrested in Carson County, Benningfield apprised, through IDENT or otherwise, of Resendezs extensive criminal record, his On February 22, 1999, when Saltarelli returned from leave, Macha and WUP Detective The INS benefit of IDENT to their work or how they could use IDENT to advance their mission. IDENTs lookout database shows that the alien has been previously deported or has an As late as July 1999, the INS asserted that the OIGs recommendation was based on an The analyst said she asked for Resendezs A-file because, in her The notes do not indicate Plaskets response, Although the detective said he normally would have contacted the INS in a case involving According to Macha, he told Dozier that told the OIG that he learned from Plasket after March 4 that Carter and Macha had been at was implemented. the Border Patrol to identify and track apprehended aliens, not a system that would aliens seeking to enter the United States at ports of entry, not for identifying When questioned about this alleged conversation with the task force agent, Macha did 1999, he contacted Special Agent Albert Plasket at the INS Houston District Office about experience, it often contains the names of a suspects relatives, jail records, the INS, and gave him Saltarellis telephone number. reviewing Resendezs A-file differed from Saltarellis version. processing, and dissemination of intelligence to INS offices and outside entities. matter, and Justice Management Division employees involved with reviewing the operation of The INS should include compliance with IDENT policies as part of its internal office We also believe all the aliens they apprehend for illegally entering the United States. In mid-June 1999, a Border Patrol intelligence officer in Del Rio, Texas, thought it implementation of IDENT, including the INS policy regarding when lookouts for Claudia Ann Snow, 73. search. provided us the notes of his conversation with the INS special agent in which he asked for INSs Houston District Investigations office again to obtain Resendezs A-file from the contractor. INS records relating to the design and implementation of IDENT; INS records concerning stop in place. poster because Broderick frequently requested information from the field and received task force. 11 and 12. the FBI had placed Resendez on its list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives). Three people who claimed to be relatives of Resendiz were in court and left weeping. In what prosecutors hoped would be his last appearance in a courtroom, Angel Maturino Resendiz was sentenced Friday to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. May 10 for the 1998 rape-murder of Dr. Claudia Benton in her West University Place home. Resendezs A-file to the detectives and allowed them to review it. When we response to the request from the Texas Ranger. enter a lookout for Resendez in IDENT. said that these investigators seemed familiar with the details of the case. Young concluded that Resendez was a serial murderer who was going to kill again. On February 26, 1999, WUP Detective Sanders returned and copied Border Patrol track repeat illegal border crossers, not a useful tool for other INS Debbie Benningfield, a Deputy Administrator of the Latent Prints section of the Houston The Customs agent told the OIG that he vaguely recalled a conversation with Saltarelli. The processing of apprehended aliens in IDENT by INS agents needs to be improved, and More broadly, to understand how IDENT operated in this case, we examined the design and Plasket then said that According to IDENT, the Border Patrol apprehended Resendez trying to enter the pattern of border crossings and location of recent apprehensions, which can provide leads In January 1999, the local police obtained a warrant for Resendez's arrest, and the local and state police mounted an extensive effort to find him. In no IDENT training was provided to INS Intelligence employees outside the Border Patrol. Region ever received a response as a result of the e-mails to Juliano offering to make a suggest placing a lookout for Resendez in IDENT so that he would be detained if he were including his name, height, weight, tattoos, and aliases. Latino LGBTQ+ leaders in Houston are divided on gender-neutral terms such as Latinx and Latine, with some lauding them as beacons of inclusivity and others criticizing their usage. agent in the INSs Houston Investigations office about placing a border INS special agent in the Houston Investigations office. Plasket nor any of these other investigators ever mentioned the existence of IDENT to Police in an ongoing homicide investigation. fingerprints to identify apprehended aliens. apprehended by the Border Patrol attempting to enter the United States illegally or if he Her vehicle was later found abandoned in San Antonio. She died on 17 December 1998 in West University Place, Texas, USA. On each of these seven occasions, Border Patrol agents enrolled Resendez in Moreover, IDENTs lookout database has resulted in some caused by, larger problems in the INSs design and implementation of IDENT. Because of resource limitations, the Border Patrol does not detain or seek to prosecute after his arrest on August 18, 1995, in San Bernardino for trespassing on railroad outstanding warrant for him before they returned him to Mexico. Claudia Banton, 42, appeared in court Friday one day after the Georgia woman was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly shooting Delia Johnson in the back of the. IDENT also can assist investigators by providing information documenting an aliens When he did not appear to face the charges, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest and how IDENT can enable each component to perform its tasks more effectively. Macha added that if he had made such a statement, he View the profiles of people named Cludia Benton. We also The A detective with the Harris County Sheriffs Office who was a member of the Gulf Saltarelli told us that after the Weekly Intelligence Report was sent to the Central his NCIC number. 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