Jocelyn Nungaray’s distraught family demands ‘safer country’ after 12-year-old’s life ‘ripped away by illegal men’
A 12-year-old Texas girl had her life “ripped away” by the “illegal men” accused of assaulting and strangling her, her distraught mother and grandfather said Tuesday as they demanded “a safer country” amid the record-breaking border crisis.
Alexis Nungaray slammed the federal government’s immigration policies during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity as she remembered her daughter Jocelyn Nungaray as a “beautiful young lady” whose life was cut short on June 16 when a pair of illegal Venezuelan migrants allegedly lured her under a bridge and ruthlessly assaulted her for two hours before killing her.
“We have to stop burying our kids, this is not right,” an emotional Nungaray told Hannity as she sat next to Jocelyn’s grandfather Kelvin Alvarenga.
“We have to have more reinforcement when it comes to letting people in, this is not OK, it’s not OK.”
Alvarenga implored lawmakers to think about the pain grieving families are dealing with — and take action.
“Just sit back and reflect and think of all these little angels that shouldn’t have been taken away, and they have for the reason that we’re not doing what we need to do like screening these people,” he said.
“It happens all over the country. We need a safer country.”
Nungaray said little Jocelyn “was going to do things. And these men — these illegal men — took that opportunity from my daughter, from our family of watching her become this amazing person.”
“So now with her voice being ripped away from her, I am going to be her voice and stand strong and try to make a difference in this world because this has got to stop.”
Jocelyn’s sickening murder is among several vicious slayings that have allegedly been carried out by illegal migrants since President Biden took office. The high-profile cases have reignited fury over the 81-year-old Democrat’s weak border stance.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have reportedly confirmed that both men accused in Jocelyn’s disturbing death entered the country illegally.
One of the suspects, Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, crossed the southern border illegally in May, sources told The Post.
Meanwhile, her other alleged killer, Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, entered the country in March and was given an ankle monitor, but it was removed in May after it was determined he had no known criminal history.
Rangel Martinez and Pena Ramos are accused of bounding Nungaray’s hands, stripping her naked to the waist and assaulting her for two hours as she fought for her life.
Both men are facing capital murder charges.
Alexis Nungaray said her slain daughter was “slowing becoming this beautiful, beautiful young lady” who had goals and dreams.
“And she was going so far,” she added.
