{"id":2224501,"date":"2024-04-18T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-national-convicted-of-raping-torturing-and-killing-his-cat\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T21:14:02","slug":"foreign-national-convicted-of-raping-torturing-and-killing-his-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-national-convicted-of-raping-torturing-and-killing-his-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-citizen found guilty of raping, torturing, and murdering own cat"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fforeign-national-convicted-of-raping-torturing-and-killing-his-cat%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=2224501&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 teenage \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-bans-new-entries-of-foreigners-after-virus-variant-arrives\/\" title=\"Japan bans new entries of foreigners after virus variant arrives\">foreign national<\/a> in New Jersey pleaded guilty\u2064 to severe animal cruelty, described \u200cas the worst case seen by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-perfect-ranking-from-planned-parenthood-5-what-to-find-out-about-biden-hhs-nominees-abortion-record\/\" title=\"\u2018A Perfect Ranking From Planned Parenthood\u2019: 5 WHAT TO FIND OUT ABOUT Biden HHS Nominee\u2019s Abortion Record\">animal rights activist<\/a> in 35 years.\u2063 Bani J. Mezquititla, 19, admitted to \u2062brutal acts against a cat, leading to his conviction. His crimes involve\u2062 tormenting, torturing, sexually abusing, \u2062and killing the animal. Immigration officials are investigating potential\u2062 deportation. The disturbing case of animal cruelty involving Bani J. Mezquititla, a \u200c19-year-old foreign national in \u2063New \u200bJersey, has shocked many. Mezquititla&#8217;s\u2063 guilty plea to tormenting, torturing, sexually abusing, and killing\u2062 a cat prompted outrage. Immigration authorities are now looking into potential deportation\u2062 following his conviction. Such acts of cruelty highlight the \u2064importance of protecting animals from such horrendous abuse.  <\/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<p><em><strong>WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions of extremely heinous criminal acts committed against an animal.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A teenage foreign national in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">pled guilty<\/a> this month to what one animal rights activist said was the \u201cworst\u201d case of animal cruelty she had ever seen in her 35 years of working to protect animals.<\/p>\n<p>Bani J. Mezquititla, 19, pled guilty in Monmouth County Superior Court to two counts of animal cruelty, including Animal Cruelty by Tormenting, Torturing, or Unnecessarily or Cruelly Abusing a Living Animal Resulting in its Death, and Animal Cruelty by Using or Causing or Procuring the Use of an Animal or Creature in Any Kind of Sexual Manner, both third-degree crimes, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told The Daily Wire that the agency is involved in \u201cinvestigating the case\u201d to determine next steps regarding potential action from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division.<\/p>\n<p>The Asbury Park Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/news\/local\/courts\/2024\/04\/10\/bani-mezquititla-facing-prison-raping-and-killing-pet-cat\/73265476007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Superior Court Judge Chad N. Cagan told Mezquititla that he faces deportation because of the criminal conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Mezquititla kept his back to the courtroom gallery while admitting that he began raping his female cat from December 2022 until February 2023, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The Asbury Park Police Department launched its criminal investigation after Mezquititla\u2019s roommate turned him in after Mezquititla showed her images of the cat being tortured and told her that he threw the cat out the window.<\/p>\n<p>Mezquititla confessed to investigators that he pleasured himself in front of the cat before escalating the abuse to raping the cat with sharp objects and later raping using his genitals, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-jersey\/asbury-park\/asbury-park-man-admits-raping-torturing-killing-pet-cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Asbury Park Patch. He also ejaculated inside the cat, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The animal was seriously injured, including \u201cboth vaginally and rectally,\u201d from the raping, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>When he was first arrested, law enforcement asked him if he had ever had sexual contact with the animal, to which he allegedly laughed and said: \u201cNo, I\u2019m not a psycho.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement said that he repeatedly tortured the animal by creating a pulley device that he used to strangle the cat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe restrained her during the torture by binding her paws behind her back with miniature handcuffs,\u201d the Asbury Park Press report said. \u201cHe also cut off her tongue and part of her jaw while she was still alive and took photographs and video of some of the torture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The videos showed the animal desperately gasping for air, shaking, and twitching.<\/p>\n<p>A prosecutor on the case said,\u00a0\u201cYou can see the cat struggling for its life and in the same picture you can see him smirking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Janine Motta, director of the Animal Protection League of New Jersey, said that this was \u201cthe worst [case] I\u2019ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mezquititla was sentenced to the maximum of five years in prison for each charge, but as part of the plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend that the sentences are served concurrently, meaning that he would only serve a maximum of five years instead of 10.<\/p>\n<p>He is also permanently banned from owning any animals.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caution: Graphic details of severe animal cruelty ahead. In New Jersey, a teenage foreign national recently admitted to committing atrocious acts against an animal. Described as the worst case of cruelty by a veteran animal rights advocate with 35 years of experience. The individual in question is Bani J<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2224502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/11\/PI-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/11\/PI-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224501","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}