{"id":2223235,"date":"2024-04-17T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-arrested-in-crash-that-killed-adviser-to-senator\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T13:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:21:59","slug":"illegal-immigrant-arrested-in-crash-that-killed-adviser-to-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-arrested-in-crash-that-killed-adviser-to-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Undocumented Individual Detained in Fatal Accident Involving Senator&#8217;s Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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-arrested-in-crash-that-killed-adviser-to-senator%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=2223235&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--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">recent report<\/a> by the Reno Gazette-Journal revealed that an 18-year-old migrant entered the United States\u2064 illegally and was involved in a hit-and-run\u200c accident that resulted in the death of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/animal-activists-dangle-china-boogeyman-in-fight-over-california-pork-restrictions\/\" title=\"Animal activists use China boogeyman to oppose California pork restrictions.\">senior \u2064adviser<\/a>\u200d to Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. The suspect, Elmer Rueda-Linares, crossed the border near the Rio Grande City, Texas, Port of Entry on March 12, 2021. Your summary is concise and provides a clear overview of the situation involving the 18-year-old migrant, Elmer Rueda-Linares, who entered the United States illegally and was implicated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-fatal-hit-and-run-of-cop-gave-anti-police-rant-hours-before\/\" title=\"Suspect in Fatal Hit-and-Run of Cop Gave Anti-Police Rant Hours Before\">fatal hit-<\/a>and-run accident\u2062 that claimed the life of a senior adviser to Senator Catherine\u200d Cortez Masto. The incident occurred near the Rio Grande City, Texas, \u2062Port of Entry\u200b on March 12, 2021.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tSen. Catherine Cortez Masto (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The suspect in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month that killed a senior adviser to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.) is an 18-year-old migrant who entered the United States illegally, the <\/span><i><span>Reno Gazette-Journal<\/span><\/i><span>  reported on Tuesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;[Elmer Rueda-Linares] entered the United States March 12, 2021, at or near the Rio Grande City, Texas, Port of Entry without inspection by an immigration official,&#8221; the Department of Homeland Security <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rgj.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2024\/04\/16\/elmer-rueda-linares-entered-us-illegally-feds-say\/73348260007\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span>  the outlet in a statement on Tuesday, adding Rueda-Linares was arrested but &#8220;later released on his own recognizance June 22, 2021.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rueda-Linares fled the scene following a two-vehicle crash at around 4:30 a.m. on April 6 in Reno, Nev., that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rgj.com\/story\/news\/2024\/04\/08\/kurt-englehart-adviser-to-sen-cortez-masto-killed-in-reno-hit-and-run-saturday\/73244414007\/\"><span>killed<\/span><\/a><span>  Kurt Englehart, who was a state senior adviser to Cortez Masto. &#8220;The occupants who fled the scene were later located by police, and the driver arrested. Impairment does appear to be a factor in this crash,&#8221; a news release noted at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The teenage illegal immigrant is being held on $100,000 bail but has since had his charge reduced from felony hit-and-run to failing to stop at the scene of an accident, according to the <\/span><i><span>Reno Gazette-Journal<\/span><\/i><span>. His next court appearance will be on Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Sen. Cortez Masto looks forward to justice being served and has confidence in the local police and prosecutors,&#8221; a spokeswoman for the Nevada senator said in a Tuesday statement to the outlet.<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>The victim worked for the senator in various capacities for the past eight years. &#8220;A beloved figure across the state, Kurt was always eager to help a constituent at a moment\u2019s notice,&#8221; Cortez Masto <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenCortezMasto\/status\/1776788169347694643\">wrote<\/a> on X. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He touched many lives and I know almost everyone in Northern Nevada has a great story about Kurt helping them or making them laugh,&#8221; Cortez Masto added. &#8220;Kurt was a dedicated public servant, a loyal friend, and a loving father.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, an 18-year-old migrant entered the United States illegally and was involved in a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a senior adviser to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.) earlier this month. The suspect, Elmer Rueda-Linares, crossed the border around March 12, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2223236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/senator-durbin-holds-press-conference-on-10th-anniversary-of-daca-legi.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/senator-durbin-holds-press-conference-on-10th-anniversary-of-daca-legi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223235","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\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}