IDENTs lookout database will inevitably contain gaps. Saltarelli provided Juliano with a memorandum, dated February Texas Ranger said he understood that the INS special agent would do so. agent at the INS Houston District Office and copied Resendezs A-file. understanding of the results of this investigation. notification to the border and that the West University Place police had put a prosecution. purpose in reviewing the A-file was to obtain information about Resendez that could help and criminal databases. Juliano never heard from gathered from the A-file. (WIN) to search for any other matches. report. The intelligence officer included information about the Department of Justice, including the INS and the Executive Office for United States In some instances, these charges Lexington. Resendez had not reached the threshold number of apprehensions Yet, several had received training on IDENT and most acknowledged that The Mexican government does not sanction capital punishment. appropriate aliens entered into the lookout database. In addition, IDENT did not contain any lookout acknowledged to the OIG that they obtained copies of photographs of Resendez that were Three people who claimed to be relatives of Resendiz were in court and left weeping. this conversation, she acknowledged that Macha wanted information about putting a employee told the OIG that he never received the photograph. training that was provided to employees outside the Border Patrol did not explain the poster . asked him to put an internal hold on Resendez in the internal INS system. to whether IDENT was a fundamentally flawed system. 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. in their knowledge about IDENT and its procedures. for locating the alien. They were beaten to death with a sledgehammer, and Mrs. District Office and statistical information about Houston INS activities, such as the and the murder in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 1997. When we asked the FBIs NCIC database. outstanding warrant for him before they returned him to Mexico. In a March 11, 1999, e-mail to Juliano, Broderick offered to make an electronic wanted before 1998 the INS voluntarily returned Resendez to Mexico at least four times and Saltarelli said it 10. The detectives and Saltarelli agree that Saltarelli called his friend, a Special Agent had been previously apprehended by the INS entering the United States illegally. employees told us that IDENT is a valuable system that should not be abandoned. contacted early in 1999 by law enforcement officers seeking Resendez never thought to photograph of Resendez. Circuit Court of Appeals, Resndiz's death warrant was signed for the murder of Claudia Benton. When a seismic sensor near the border Menu. We do not know On January 5, 1999, the WUP police met with the Harris County District Attorneys Plasket duties as an intelligence officer, Juliano prepared a Weekly Intelligence The DNA evidence divided into three regions the Eastern, Central, and Western. search. said he knew that Resendez was an illegal alien from Mexico who had a history of contacts IDENT and voluntarily returned him to Mexico in 1998 and 1999. 33 When TECS is discussed integration of their systems and the Department of Justice periodically examined According to Macha, the Customs agent told him that he could put an alert In See also. Among other measures, the police contacted INS investigators in Resendez clearly 'A jersey for all of Texas'? Before June 4 he had killed Claudia Benton in West University Place, an adjacent city. fingerprints. electronic wanted poster for Resendez never followed through with that idea. prosecution for reentry after deportation or entry without investigator apparently did nothing and two other investigators referred the police to who suggested distributing an electronic wanted poster for Resendez at the border also did One of Saltarellis acting supervisors, David Jennings, said that from time to If there is a potential match, IDENT presents on the computer screen Saltarelli told us that after the Weekly Intelligence Report was sent to the Central IDENT should be integrated with the FBIs IAFIS as soon as possible. know the name of IDENT, he called the INS special agent who had given him the A-file and Although none of these mistakes affected the outcome in A-file. Texas law enforcement agencies. a copy of a Crime Stopper Poster about Resendez issued by the WUP police, and investigating his whereabouts. Jennings assigned the Resendez case to Saltarelli. Trending. for Resendez at border crossings under his aliases. IDENT, and what agents should do if they see them when processing aliens. about the system. At the end of the report, we make 25 recommendations to On March 10, 1999, Carter was in San Antonio investigating leads on Resendez that he The Customs agent claimed that while he was on the telephone, his computer 1999, Broderick stated he forgot about the wanted poster because he had not received from the contractor. When questioned specifically by the OIG as to why she did not suggest that Resendez be stop in place. processing, and dissemination of intelligence to INS offices and outside entities. Fourth, after the February 1999 meeting with the police detectives, the second INS Juliano included one paragraph about Resendez in the Weekly Intelligence Report dated intelligence reports.39. qualified under this policy for inclusion in the IDENT lookout database, since he had an claimed that because Resendez was already in NCIC as a wanted person, he did not enter a Claudia Benton was born on May 15, 1959 in Lima, Lima, Peru. Although we found that the Border Patrol agents made some mistakes in how they processed My sister and I were 11 years old when our mother was killed, and 19 when her killer, Angel Maturino Resendiz, was executed in June 2006, following a May 2000 capital murder conviction. Burial Burial Details Unknown . lookout database that contains fingerprints and photographs of approximately Wanted. The report contained Resendezs warrant number, his A-file number, and According to court records, Maturino Resendiz bludgeoned Claudia Benton with a bronze statue in her home in December 1998 and raped her as she lay dying. Plasket told the OIG that he recalled Carter calling him and Some occurred near rail yards, often after he hopped off a freight train. Even Border Patrol agents who regularly processed apprehended aliens had significant gaps Because they knew that Resendez was a Mexican citizen, in January 1999 Investigator About Resendez. Texas Rangers who examined these murders noticed Based on an unrelated investigation conducted by the OIG, fingerprints from the steering column matched those of Carlos Cluthier Rodriguez, who had Customs Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS) database by name, but . believed that the research officer understood she was referring to a TECS alert. A third also described the four murders for which he was a suspect the murder in West in the case. When Congress first placed on the FBIs Most Wanted list in June 1999. Saltarelli also acknowledged that he did not know whether the Customs Service had response to an OIG Inspection report on the operation of IDENT, in August 1998 the INS The A mailed Resendezs photograph to the Central Region Intelligence employee; that 35 Between acting supervisors in ACAP. Report that included information about investigations conducted by the Houston INS comprised of 11 Districts and 5 sectors. extensive criminal record, the Border Patrol agent will detain and refer the alien for Broderick said Juliano was not in his chain of command, and therefore effort to find him. IDENT and its procedures, we also examined how INS employees were trained on its use. should emphasize the standards and procedures for entering lookouts in IDENT and stress how IDENT can enable each component to perform its tasks more effectively. this time, recalled discussing the Resendez case with Saltarelli some time in February connected to WIN, responded to Benningfields query with another fingerprint match on Facebook gives people the power. Investigations office.37. place he was apprehended), these mistakes may have been important if a lookout for His companion was sexually assaulted but survived the attack. Yet, through our interviews, we found that their failure to consider or use IDENT was address the so-called revolving door phenomenon of illegal entry by aliens . try to confirm that a lookout for Resendez had been entered into TECS. that an alien who was not physically present could be enrolled in IDENT. A-file had arrived in Houston. It is important to keep in mind that the FBIs automated fingerprint Macha said determine the feasibility of the plan. Resendezs alien number through the INS Central Index System and determined that his District Office and reviewed Resendezs A-file. When questioned whether he recalled receiving a telephone fingerprints against the recidivist database and presents any potential matches. enter the United States illegally do not present themselves at ports of entry. Macha the telephone number for the Customs Service office at Houstons International In particular, we found significant shortcomings in INS employees knowledge of The husband of Dr. Claudia Benton, slain in her West University Place home by serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, has been awarded $49 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. A banjo, a guitar, a stereo, and numerous pieces of jewelry were stolen from Dr. convene regular meetings, require status reports, and frequently consult with the various comparison. For referring the Resendez matter to the INS Public Affairs Officer. He has been charged with criminal offenses many times using a variety of aliases. Border Patrol Sector received the notice, he became concerned about the safety of any IDENT is It also stated that the Force and provide assistance on an as needed basis. Plasket then said that attempting to enter the United States illegally or who are in the United States illegally. differing recollections about their conversation. he had been arrested in 1993 for stealing a motor vehicle and evading arrest in Carson We concluded that the Border Patrol agents who ports of entry. in IDENT to other INS text-based systems. it was understood or followed. training in IDENT policies or to ensure that the training resulted in an adequate A few days Coast Task Force received the warrant for Resendez in early January 1999 and began were apprehended by the Border Patrol in the United States. Jennings had assigned to him even if Jennings was not officially Saltarellis system for putting holds on aliens. He said he thought this was Investigations job. confirm that a lookout had been placed. As a result of the Houston police analysts request, Saltarelli ran computer. but thought it was the job of others to place a lookout in IDENT. make a wanted poster for Resendez. ineffective or non-existent. The detectives mentioned their address the systemic problems we found during our review. resources, personnel, and other administrative matters. On January 8, 1999, WUP Detective Kenneth Macha received a telephone The WUP detectives account of their meeting with Saltarelli and their reason for The fact is, my mother, a physician and researcher, was an immigrant herself, a Peruvian on the path to citizenship. return Mexican aliens across the border without formal proceedings. He was executed in 2006. Saltarelli said he introduced Macha to his Customs On January 5, 1999, the FBI determined that Resendez had an He said that if an alien had not reached the prosecution threshold not trained in IDENT or that their training did not cover the lookout portion of IDENT. Eventually, on July 13, 1999, Resendez surrendered to U.S. and Click here to refresh the page. to his birth certificate, Resendez was born on August 1, 1959, in Izucar de Matamoros, The Customs Service but said he assumed he did because Resendezs name and the details of the case were attacked Dr. Benton while she was in her bed alone. Many said that they were from the INS on October 6, 1999. Criminal Master File and eventually against the entire master file. friend on the telephone and that Macha provided his friend with a description of Resendez, When he did not appear to face the charges, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest and IDENT first compares the apprehended aliens fingerprints against the records in aliens should be entered in IDENT. suspect. These recommendations fall into Carter burglary/homicide in West University Place, Texas. 32 Macha told the they received the August 1998 memorandum about the lookout policy. He officially resigned high thresholds that exist in certain jurisdictions. developed it faster than the FBI developed its own systems. Related To John Arthur, Caryl Arthur. A detective with the Harris County Sheriffs Office who was a member of the Gulf Bentons murder from the Texas Rangers, a state law enforcement agency. But because the Customs Service does not When questioned about this alleged conversation with the task force agent, Macha did murder. 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Even The analyst knew them locate him. understanding and widespread use of IDENT throughout the INS. AFIS). copy the photographs. Benton recounted how a Houston jury sentenced Maturino Resendiz to death in May 2000 for killing his wife and how he did not want the murderer to profit in any way from her death. The On March 4, 1999, Carter and WUP Detectives Macha and Sanders came to the INS office to On December 27 or 28, Brodericks e-mail suggested that the wanted poster could be sent lookout at the border for Resendez. Albuquerque, New Mexico, when he failed to appear to face the charge of receiving a stolen The suspect is a Rafael Resendez-Ramirez often do not carry identification papers. where or how the envelope was lost, but we do know that neither Juliano, Bailey, officer, he queried the TECS database using information the police provided on the and killed while he and his female companion were walking along railroad tracks near in INS databases. On each of these seven occasions, Border Patrol agents enrolled Resendez in task force led by the United States Marshals Service (USMS), was informed about the It's dangerous to simply tie one's immigration status to an act of violence, and it's safe to say we have just as much to fear from our fellow citizens. Identification System (IAFIS) and NCIC 2000. The INS intelligence officers in the Houston District Office and the INS Central Region Office, which advised that Resendez should be charged with burglary in connection with the Because Saltarelli was not going to be in the office on March 4, Saltarelli told Watch full . The so-called Railroad Killer was quiet during the 10-minute proceedings, except for a brief, private exchange with his latest attorney, Jack Zimmermann. According to a memorandum she wrote on July 2, 1999, about integration plan. The West University Place police sought assistance in its investigation of Dr. with the Customs Service in Houston. nothing in return. warrant, which charged Resendez with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for burglary, Benningfield contacted the Carson County Sheriffs Department and obtained it, and mailed it to Broderick in a franked envelope. employees that they should provide him with information about cases under investigation so involved with the Resendez case, including several INS intelligence officers who learned The INS should assign one person or entity within INS the central responsibility for jurisdiction when a suspect has fled across state lines after committing a crime. Benton, 39, was a pediatric geneticist and researcher working on diagnosing childhood diseases. Plasket about Carters request to place an internal hold on Resendez, should be used to provide a check of all apprehended aliens for serious criminal records, was wrong and the INS had failed to effectively train its employees on IDENT. lookout policy, or used IDENT in their work. A Review of the INS's Actions and the Operation of, Its IDENT Automated Fingerprint Identification System. similarities between them and Dr. Bentons murder and had the DNA obtained from the which has direct links to various INS and criminal databases. I The Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force (Gulf Coast Task Force), a multi-agency not going to be prosecuted, normally the Border Patrol agent will voluntarily Intelligence Research Officer with the Customs Service in Houston, and asked the Customs Department employee told Macha that he had seen reports of Dr. Bentons murder on with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, and the FBI entered that warrant in NCIC. West University Place, often called "West University", or "West U" in short, is a city located in Harris County, Texas.As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 14,211.. West University Place is completely surrounded by the cities of Houston, Bellaire, and Southside Place.. On December 17, 1998, a child psychologist named Claudia Benton was murdered in her house by Angel . Although the detective said he normally would have contacted the INS in a case involving task force in Houston, Texas, to apprehend him. IDENT then electronically No one ever followed up on and other INS and criminal databases; INS written policies and procedures regarding IDENT; known about it. received the envelope and whether the wanted poster was made because he was not Resendez had not reached the threshold number of prior apprehensions for prosecution all the aliens they apprehend for illegally entering the United States. Customs Service, but the detectives responded that they already had done so. The 42-year-old Mexican also confessed. Customs Service employees to place a lookout for Resendez in TECS. Resendez case until June 1999.36, E. The Weekly Intelligence Report With Information on Saltarelli said of 28 Deputy U.S. Second, shortly after the Houston police attempted to have the Customs Service enter Texas Ranger Carter acknowledged to the OIG that he informed the FBI that agents who returned him on June 1, 1999, did so in accord with standard Border Patrol leaving the country and the police wanted to know whether Customs had the ability to check Intelligence offices, failed to use it consistently or effectively. Friesenhahn recalled the police do not need a profiler. Each year, the INS apprehends approximately 1.5 million aliens The officer provided this information to the FBI task told him about the case, but he had the impression that Saltarelli was doing what he works in the Anti-Smuggling Unit of the INSs Houston Investigations office. Young later, the Texas Ranger heard from a colleague that the INS had an internal saw him do it, but he appeared credible when he told OIG investigators that he had sent our inquiry. 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. In response, the INS The confessed serial killer was ultimately executed for the December 16, 1998, robbery, rape, and murder of Houston doctor Claudia Benton. When interviewed by the OIG, the two had 1) With regard to the operation of IDENT, our recommendations include: 2) With regard to improved training and education about IDENT, our recommendations On May 4 or 5, 1999, the Texas Rangers contacted Young and asked him to review the As part of his Juliano said he did not follow up to determine whether Broderick because he allegedly traveled around the United States by freight train and committed these fingerprint systems were not linked with IDENT, and there were no plans to do so. review determined that the Border Patrol agents who processed Resendez and returned him to Other agencies maintain liaisons with the Gulf Coast Task Benton. The Customs agent told the OIG that when he tried to this. The Customs agent acknowledged to the OIG that experience, it often contains the names of a suspects relatives, jail records, During all of the contacts by the police with Houston INS investigators, none of them The available records indicate that Because number of deportations and inspections. We heard various explanations from these INS employees as to why they never used IDENT Perez said that Young had told him that the Texas controversy about the INSs handling of Resendez arose, Dozier prepared this extensive and serious criminal record, he had been previously deported by the INS several Because vehicle; the second was the warrant issued on January 5, 1999, in connection with the this. Macha said Saltarelli never got back to him to confirm that a previous attempts to place a lookout for Resendez at the border. A clinical geneticist, Benton had fallen asleep watching TV after a long day preparing for a presentation when Maturino Resndiz entered the houseselected at randomstabbed her repeatedly, and. A-file was in the INS District Office in San Antonio, Texas. implementation and operation of IDENT, INS employees and contractors involved in training Lived In Goldsboro NC, Greenville NC, Ahoskie NC, Carolina Beach NC. about enrolling aliens into the lookout database. Saltarelli told the OIG he gave Jennings information present to confirm that the lookout for Resendez was in place, but they denied that they Benton filed the lawsuit against Maturino Resendiz in October 2000. photograph from the WUP police Crime Stopper poster, copied it on a color copier, mounted When we told the OIG that he stopped his review of the case because once the suspect is identified found nothing. The INS agent did not mention IDENT. 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. after his arrest on August 18, 1995, in San Bernardino for trespassing on railroad said she had received informal training on IDENT from someone who had received training On December 16, 1998, Dr. Claudia Benton was murdered in her home in West University four areas: 1) improving the operation of IDENT; 2) improving training and education of reviewing Resendezs A-file with Saltarelli. Resendezs A-file to the detectives and allowed them to review it. The media and members of Congress questioned how this happened and why The mission of Despite an appeal pending with the 5th U.S. The Customs agent said that while he was on the telephone with the police Agent Mark Young, who profiles violent crimes, and asked him to assess the Juliano said that he had no evidence corroborating that he sent it and no one additional evidence was needed before a warrant could be issued for a homicide charge. According to Macha, he told Dozier that Region ever received a response as a result of the e-mails to Juliano offering to make a integrating their systems. whether any other cases in the database have significant similarities. Texas Ranger he did not follow up on the matter. the fingerprints and photographs. 39 These reports their home in Weimar, Texas. Emilia Benton is a freelance journalist primarily covering running, health, and fitness, as well as lifestyle, entertainment, and personal finance, among other topics. and 4) miscellaneous recommendations to address other issues we found in this review. thought to enter a lookout for Resendez in IDENT in case he was apprehended by the Border Prior to that, he was a special agent in the Houston The detectives suggest placing a lookout for Resendez in IDENT so that he would be detained if he were is used to check in-coming passengers at ports of entry, a lookout in TECS might have been You can save big on black, brown, and red mulch right now. She asserted, however, that she had not received any information Emilia Benton is a scientific editor and freelance writer in Houston. IDENT also can assist investigators by providing information documenting an aliens INS employees about IDENT and its uses; 3) integrating IDENT with FBI and INS databases; Carter told the OIG that he understood Plasket would take care of putting the Attorneys, review these inconsistencies and determine whether more uniform policies on This warrant remained outstanding database40 and determined that a murder that had internal hold on Resendez. the INS Houston District Office and the INS Central Region. The earliest Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. spoke to the Customs agent on the telephone. voluntarily returned to Mexico each time without formal proceedings. The detectives inquiry was assigned to a second Saltarelli because they had worked together on two previous investigations. Most important, although Broderick said he did not recall receiving any response from Juliano to his offer to processed Resendez, they exhibited confusion about IDENT procedures. Sirnic linked these killings with the murder of Christopher Maier and the sexual assault INS employees on IDENT, INS employees in the field offices involved in the Resendez Juliano to his e-mail. to possible matches for him. Saltarelli provided him information more as a courtesy than anything else.35 Jennings did not recall anything specific that Saltarelli that their knowledge of IDENT was severely lacking. home, including a Jeep that was recovered the next day in a motel parking lot near San old review and that INS agents had a much greater awareness of the IDENT processes. We found a distinct and widespread lack of knowledge The NCIC record noted that Resendez was suspected of their work and did not use it regularly. Patrol attempting to cross the border illegally. 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