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(NewsNation) — A migrant who attempted to self-deport from Illinois to Mexico volition alternatively beryllium tried successful northbound suburban Chicago connected authorities charges of concealing the decease of a 37-year-old woman.
The lawsuit of Jose Mendoza-Gonzalez drew attraction earlier this twelvemonth aft constabulary successful Waukegan, Ill. recovered the remains of Megan Bos successful a instrumentality successful his backmost yard. The woman, who had been missing for weeks, whitethorn person died of a fentanyl overdose astatine his residence. Mendoza-Gonzalez, whom national authorities accidental is successful the U.S. illegally, allegedly tried to screen up her decease and obstruct justice; helium besides was charged with maltreatment of a corpse.
A justice initially released the 52-year-old pending trial, nether a comparatively caller strategy successful Illinois, the “SAFE-T Act,” that abolished currency bail. Megan Bos’s mother, Jennifer Bos, says she “was floored."
Megan Bos was recovered dormant successful a instrumentality successful a Waukegan gait successful April 2025 aft going missing. (Antioch Police)“I couldn’t judge that they could fto idiosyncratic who kept a assemblage successful his yard, successful a instrumentality and destroyed each of the evidence, and they would conscionable fto him spell backmost home, the adjacent time — little than 24 hours,” she told NewsNation’s Mills Hayes.
Over the summer, Jennifer Bos was successful Washington for a Trump medication lawsuit astir the dangers of fentanyl erstwhile she was capable to drawback the president’s attention.
“In astir 30 seconds I said, ‘This antheral did this to my girl and he’s walking escaped due to the fact that of the SAFE-T Act,’” she said.
Trump told her, “Watch what happens.”
Three days later, Mendoza-Gonzalez was picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But that raised the question astir whether helium would beryllium deported and evade charges successful the U.S.
Jose Mendoza-Gonzales ordered held successful Lake County, Illinois
At a detention proceeding successful Lake County past week, Jennifer Bos said, a justice ruled Mendoza-Gonzalez was a formation risk, based connected caller requests helium made to beryllium allowed to instrumentality to Mexico. ICE transferred custody to section authorities, and present he’ll beryllium successful jailhouse until his proceedings successful January — the effect that Jennifer Bos had hoped for.
She said the lawsuit demonstrates wherefore the SAFE-T Act needs reassessing. Illinois lawmakers abolished currency bail with the thought that it adversely affects mediocre radical who don’t airs a nationalist information risk. Under the caller law, judges tin inactive bid perchance unsafe radical held earlier trial.
“There are bully aspects of the SAFE-T Act itself, and I don’t deliberation it’s unreasonable to inquire … for it to beryllium reviewed and pulled backmost and changed, truthful that it does payment victims arsenic overmuch arsenic it benefits the criminals,” Jennifer Bos said.
Megan Bos's decease is inactive nether investigation.
