Immigration agents arrested an illegal migrant accused of storing an Illinois woman’s corpse on his property months after she died from a drug overdose.
On Saturday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took custody of Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, a 52-year-old Mexican national living unlawfully in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed in a press release. Mendoza-Gonzalez was charged in April with concealing Megan Bos’ dead body in a storage container on his yard for roughly two months, abusing her corpse and obstruction of justice.
“Everyday ICE is arresting sickos like criminal illegal alien, Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, and stopping them from terrorizing Americans,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a public statement. “This depraved alien was charged with concealing the body of a missing woman in a storage container for months and abusing her corpse.”
The Antioch Police Department launched a search for Bos in March after her family reported her missing. Local law enforcement in April arrested Mendoza-Gonzalez, who admitted to keeping her body after she died inside his home.
Mendoza-Gonzalez told police that Bos snorted an unknown drug and asked to hang out in his basement on Feb. 19, which he agreed to let her do, according to the Lake & McHenry County Scanner. He then claims he went upstairs to fix a leak in his house, and upon returning to the basement, he found her dead from an apparent overdose.
Scared of getting into trouble, the illegal migrant told police he left her body in his basement for a few days before wrapping it in a blanket and throwing it in his garbage can, according to the LMCS. Bos’ body remained there for roughly two months before police retrieved it.
Law enforcement officials found Bos’ body decapitated in a bleach storage container, according to DHS. However, Bos’ mother and the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office denied she was ever decapitated. An autopsy revealed that she likely passed away from a fentanyl overdose.
Despite calling the crimes “very serious,” Lake County Judge Randie Bruno released the illegal migrant from custody after his court appearance, according to DHS. While all of the crimes against Mendoza-Gonzalez are Class 4 felonies, none of them were retainable offenses under Illinois’ SAFE-T Act.
SAFE-T Act, a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in 2021, ended the cash bail system in the state and ushered in other liberal reforms to the criminal justice system. Prtizker has also signed into law sanctuary policies that restrict cooperation between law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
The Trump administration ripped the Illinois judge for allowing Mendoza-Gonzalez to walk free shortly after his arrest in April.
“It is absolutely repulsive that a judge freed this monster and allowed him to walk free on Illinois’s streets after allegedly committing such a heinous crime,” McLaughlin said in her public statement. “Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, Megan Bos and her family will have justice.”
Bos’ mother, Jennifer Bos, is placing blame on Illinois’ SAFE-T Act and celebrated the fact that the alleged perpetrator has been taken back into custody.
“I am thrilled,” Jennifer said of Mendoza-Gonzalez being arrested by ICE agents, according to ABC 7. “I don’t know what’s gonna happen now, but I do know he wasn’t sleeping in his bed last night.
Mendoza-Gonzalez is currently being held at Lake County Jail in Waukegan, Illinois, according to DHS.
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