Three suspects in murder case arrested in Conn.
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By Elisa Glushefski
Published: June 6, 2008
Three men connected to the murder of a 24-year-old man in Manassas last weekend were tracked down to Connecticut and taken into custody by U.S. Marshals late Thursday.
Sebastian Cortez Hernandez—who was deported to Mexico five years ago—and two others were arrested in the City of Meriden around 11 p.m., according to Manassas City police.
Hernandez, also known as "Cebolla" or "Onion," Jose Antonio Ontiveros, 27, and Santos Ontiveros, 24, all of 9733 Bragg Lane, have each been charged with murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, said Sgt. Tim Neumann, police spokesman.
According to police, the three were involved in the killing of Omar Florencio-Vazquez, who lived in the George-town South neighborhood in the city, on May 31.
That night, Florencio-Vazquez, his two brothers and a cousin walked to the Grant Avenue Shopping Center to get something to eat, police said.
The four decided to turn back after Florencio-Vazquez saw a group of about 10 males who had attacked him two weeks earlier, police said.
But the group followed them out of the shopping center as they walked home, Neumann said.
One of the men from the group then pulled out a gun and shot the 24-year-old several times, killing him.
Word of the murder quickly spread through the grapevine, starting with a call from an out-of-breath and panicked witness to the murder asking to be picked up "because police were everywhere," according to an affidavit filed this week in Prince William County Circuit Court.
During the call, that the witness said "Onion" or "Cebolla" had just shot someone, according to the document.
The next day, police received a tip with information on who was involved in the shooting.
According to the affidavit, the one witness was later interviewed and confirmed the fight had occurred two weeks before the killing and that it involved the traditional Mexican clothing Florencio-Vazquez was wearing.
Early Thursday morning, police searched a residence in the 9800 block of Buckner Road, where authorities believe Hernandez fled to after the shooting, and seized ammunition, a white T-shirt with a red stain, a .45-caliber pistol, cocaine and other items, court documents state.
A motive for the killing has not yet been established, Neumann said Friday.
All three are being held in Connecticut pending extradition hearings, he said.
Hernandez was deported from the U.S. to Mexico in October 2003, four months after Prince William County police charged him with gang participation and other criminal offenses, police said.
The investigation continues.
Staff writer Elisa Glushefski can be reached at 703-878-8062.
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Posted by ( zcxnissan ) on June 15, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Sorry Ray the only problem with America is when individuals such as yourself don’t want to hire legal immigrants and pay for documenting people who should pay their own way instead of sponging off legal immigrants taxes, and social services with forged documents and stolen identitities a very real problem that most legal immigrants know exists and they want the laws enforced as well as the border fenced and patrolled. Notice how Ray twists my words and uses the term immigrant instead of illegal immigrant thus making his racist point. Sorry Ray you turning your nose down at me is a high compliment or in you or your comrades words, we Americans are doing the jobs that illegal employers want us to do. LOL. Well Ray if you are not in business to make money then you are a bigger fool then you portray yourself to be. Actually Bill Gates went the legal way with H1B and 2 if i am not mistaken, the legal route. Far more legal then aiding, abetting, forging documents, stealing identities, finding housing, stealing social services, all crimes under Immigration Law. Of course when at least half of illegals in Va. are not paying income taxes, then it is no wonder that almost 80% of all legal immigrants want tougher Immigration enforcement. Then when you mention the facts that illegals are underreported or misreported when it comes to actual crime statistics, in bogus study after bogus study done under the veil of bipartisan groups, LOL. I will believe the GAO, FBI, and the Justice dept before i believe some newspaper, media outfit, or some liberal college study, or some non neutral thinktank. LOL. Equality i would like to add that illegal immigration cost the US $365 billion in 2007 alone. Think about how much more the total cost of illegal immigration has been when compared to Iraq and Afghanistan combined since 2001. At roughly $300-350 billion a year that’s about 2-3X the cost of those wars combined, how much more do we have to pay? That averages out to about $9000 per legal immigrant. The penalty for that “Civil offense” is a fine and deportation Equality. That one size solution has been working very well in Arizona and Georgia Ray. LOL. It is working excellently in PWC as well with almost 13000 ESOL’s gone since September now. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out illegals. LOL. Chris Cummings
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on June 12, 2008 at 12:15 pm
It’s what I’ve been saying all along. There are many sides and many issues that need to be dealt with and a one-size-fits-all program like the PWC Resolution does not or will not work. But instead of being open to problem solving, Chris Cobra justs wants to rant and rave and get his cookie. I throw out ideas in hopes of opening debate on this issue, and it seems all I get back is stonewalling from those blinded by hate. As I said, they have no interest in solving this problem because it would take away their opportunity to stand on a soapbox and shout at the moon.
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Posted by ( Equality 7-2521 ) on June 12, 2008 at 11:57 am
Ray,
You’re right. Also, I don’t know if most people are aware of this, but even illegal immigrants can get a Tax ID number and pay taxes. The government probably allows this because crossing the border illegally is a civil offense.
I think that what you are is probably the best route. Simply throwing them all out costs us way more than getting them to pay taxes. (And before I get nasty comments, no, this method is not an endorsement of “open borders,“ just one practicable course for a multisided issue.)
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Posted by ( Equality 7-2521 ) on June 11, 2008 at 10:14 pm
ZCXnissan,
I’m not going to answer for Ray, but I do agree that border enforcement is necessary, as are stiff fines for unscrupulous employers.
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on June 11, 2008 at 4:25 pm
See Equality, Chris has a problem with America. He thinks because he is opposed to something, the law should support only his views. Reality is that the law has systems and is wide open to documenting individuals that want to be documented and are willing to pay the stiff tariff and associated fines. When I assist someone with the documentation process, I am taking an illegal immigrant off the books and making them a tax-paying, responsible resident. Is that not what we’re trying to accomplish? Well, not Chris. He opposes the LAW because it conflicts with his desire to keep kicking immigrants. He would rather shill about illegals not paying taxes and using social services than convert them to legal residents. Understated, Chris and I disagree. Chris cannot conceive I pay my workers up to $25 per hour because it is more than he makes. His wages are not my problem and reflect on his job as a shopping cart collector or such. The same as any employer that values their employees, I pay to retain mine and ensure they’ll give me their best everyday - not to use them as slave labor and grow rich in the process. I guess he thinks Bill Gates got his money by hiring undocumented software writers. Perhaps I’m wrong on this issue, but if the IRS, INS and VEC say what I’m doing is ok and within the law, AND have programs to assist the documentation process, then I have to assume it is ok and within the law.
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Posted by ( zcxnissan ) on June 10, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Sorry Equality Ray was preaching about border security not workplace enforcement of immigration laws, after all he hires undocumented workers then documents them, to make himself feel and look good plus to chase that greedy profit. Are you for slave labor as well? Hardly what i would call agreeable or as most legal immigrants would say unsavory, illegal, criminal, despicable, wastefull. Workplace enforcement and border security go hand in hand. Take away their chance at illegal employment and take away their chance at obtaining illegal housing and take away their forged documents and stolen identities and they won’t come back. Sounds like we all agree. Crackdown on the employers, the accomplices, the aides, the abetting, the facilitators, etc. etc. As it says Federal Immigration Law can be enforced by local jurisdictions as long as it doesn’t supersede it. Law enforcement can step up to the plate with little or no effort, that is if they really want to stamp out crime. Chris Cummings
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Posted by ( Tsully ) on June 10, 2008 at 1:27 pm
To hell with deporting them, put them on death row. Sorry if that sounds racist but deportation doesn’t work, they come here commit crimes get deported,cry racism, come back and commit more crimes,cry racism, get deported - we need to break this cycle.
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Posted by ( Equality 7-2521 ) on June 10, 2008 at 10:27 am
ZCXnissan, isn’t that what Ray has been preaching all along?
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Posted by ( zcxnissan ) on June 09, 2008 at 1:19 am
So address border security and enforce the laws about employing illegals already on the books. This wouldn’t be a problem unless businesses weren’t looking for slave labor and profit<greed>. Duh. Chris Cummings
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Posted by ( Equality 7-2521 ) on June 08, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Looks like you beat me to the punch this time, Ray; I didn’t see your post before I poseted mine.
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