The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that six illegal immigrants — including three juveniles ages 13, 14 and 15 — are charged with murdering a mother in South Carolina.
All six are from Honduras. Two adults and a 17-year-old have been identified as Asael Torres-Chirinos, Jarby Ramos-Ardon and Jeyson Salgado-Pineda. The other three juveniles were not identified.
Larisha Sharell Thompson, 40, was found shot to death in her vehicle earlier this month. Evidence found at the scene connected it to an attempted break-in at a convenience store late last month.
Authorities believe Thompson was slain in a robbery attempt.
Homeland Security highlighted the case as evidence for stiffer immigration enforcement.
“Larisha Sharell Thompson’s life was tragically taken by criminal illegal aliens. She was a mother who was driving to a friend’s house when her life was brutally taken by these criminal aliens who should have never been in our country,” said Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at Homeland Security.
The department did not reveal details on how the migrants reached the U.S. and whether they came with family or entered as Unaccompanied Alien Children.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued deportation detainer requests to take custody of the migrants when their time in South Carolina’s criminal justice system is over.
