{"id":1939640,"date":"2023-05-27T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-florida-deputy-in-line-of-duty\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T17:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:33:17","slug":"illegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-florida-deputy-in-line-of-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-florida-deputy-in-line-of-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Undocumented immigrant charged with killing Florida deputy on duty."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-florida-deputy-in-line-of-duty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1939640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Florida Deputy Killed by Illegal Immigrant<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 25-year veteran of the St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Sergeant Michael Kunovich, was killed in the line of duty allegedly by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/reps-gooden-jordan-demand-answers-on-federal-funding-of-illegal-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrant<\/a>. Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-ron-desantis-officially-enters-2024-presidential-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) expressed his condolences and criticized President Joe Biden\u2019s immigration policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sergeant Michael Kunovich was killed in the line of duty by an illegal immigrant who took advantage of our open border. Our prayers go out to the Kunovich family and the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SJSOPIO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SJSOPIO<\/a> community during this time.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s reckless immigration policies are deadly \u2013 it is no\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1662122978014887938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Tragic Incident<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the sheriff\u2019s office, Kunovich attempted to pat down the suspect, Vergilio Aguilar Mendez, for weapons when Mendez tried to flee. A six-minute struggle ensued, during which Mendez allegedly attempted to grab the sergeant\u2019s taser. After being handcuffed, Mendez armed himself with a pocket knife, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-florida-deputy-in-line-of-duty\/\" title=\"Undocumented immigrant charged with killing Florida deputy on duty.\">deputies forcefully removed<\/a> the weapon. Kunovich collapsed after the struggle and died at the hospital. It remains unclear how exactly Kunovich died.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Immigration Policies and Public Safety<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-to-unveil-bill-to-reinstate-trumps-remain-in-mexico-policy-as-border-crisis-worsens\/\" title=\"GOP Senator To Unveil Bill To Reinstate Trump\u2019s \u2018Remain In Mexico\u2019 Policy As Border Crisis Worsens\">border crisis worsens<\/a> under President Joe Biden\u2019s leadership, Americans are becoming more concerned about the threat Biden\u2019s border policy poses to the country\u2019s safety. Earlier this month, a man who allegedly murdered two people and attempted to kill a third was arrested in California and identified as an illegal immigrant. In late February, Republican leaders targeted the Biden administration for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-condemn-biden-admin-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers condemn Biden admin. over border crisis\">ongoing border crisis<\/a> and the threats it poses to public safety, opening an investigation into the murder of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leaders-target-biden-admin-after-illegal-immigrant-allegedly-strangles-murders-young-autistic-woman\/\" title=\"GOP Leaders Target Biden Admin After Illegal Immigrant Allegedly Strangles, Murders Young Autistic Woman\">young autistic woman<\/a> by an illegal immigrant in the MS-13 gang.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Criminal aliens and gang members exploit the U.S. immigration system to harm Americans,\u201d Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Tom McClintock (R-CA) wrote in letters to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra. \u201cThe Biden Administration\u2019s border and immigration policies only increase the likelihood that those criminal aliens will successfully enter and remain in the U.S.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>died in an altercation with an alleged illegal immigrant, Vergilio Aguilar Mendez, on May 19. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) confirmed the incident, which resulted in the death of Sergeant Michael Kunovich, a 25-year veteran of the St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1939641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3649,4046,4052,5113,10410,4992,9179],"class_list":["post-1939640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-charged","tag-deputy","tag-duty","tag-florida","tag-immigrant","tag-killing","tag-undocumented"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}