Suspect in Ore. killing disclosed he was not citizen last year

Carolyn Hileman* | August 19, 2007

The Associated PressOREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Less than nine months before he allegedly killed a 15-year-old girl by stepping on her throat until she stopped breathing, Alejandro Rivera Gamboa pleaded guilty to drunken driving and disclosed that he was not a U.S. citizen. Rivera Gamboa, 24, signed a plea agreement that read, in part: “I understand that if I am not a citizen of the United States, a criminal conviction could cause me to be deported, denied United States citizenship, or refused the right to re-enter the United States.” The document, obtained by The Oregonian newspaper, provides evidence that authorities had reason to suspect that Rivera Gamboa was in the U.S. illegally. But Rivera Gamboa was released without anyone notifying immigration authorities. He and his cousin, Gilberto Javier Arellano Gamboa, are charged with aggravated murder in the death of Dani Countryman, a Texas girl strangled during a visit to Oregon late last month.

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