Yesterday afternoon the Star Tribune posted a story by Paul Walsh on the filing of felony charges against German Adriano Llangari Inga. Walsh is described as a breaking news reporter who, according to Walsh himself, “writes what’s interesting and important, with interesting being his preference.”
In yesterday’s story Walsh reported that, according to the charges, in August 2024 Llangari Inga was driving drunk, unlicensed, and uninsured when he caused a head-on crash that killed the other driver. It was his second crash of the evening. This one killed Victoria Eileen Harwell, who was traveling with her sister and her 14-year-old daughter.
I emailed Walsh a question regarding Llangari Inga shortly after the Star Tribune posted his story:
Dear Mr. Walsh: Can you ascertain whether this man was a legal resident of the United States?
Scott Johnson
Walsh promptly responded:
Officials have yet to say. Why do you ask?
Okay. I had some idea where Walsh was headed. I was feeling a little defensive. I shouldn’t have dragged my wife into this. I’m not proud of it! I have apologized to her:
I think it’s a natural question to ask when Minneapolis and St Paul have so many illegal Hispanic residents and the charged defendant has what appears to be an exotic Hispanic name. My wife, by the way, is a naturalized citizen from Lima, Peru.
If this guy is illegal, some of us (not you or the Star Tribune, but others who read you) might observe that the mother might still be alive if the law were enforced.
I appreciate your response to my message.
All best,
Scott Johnson
Walsh homed in on me for the kill:
Oh, so you’re based on ethnic surname, not any actual fact pointing to illegal status. Got it.
Hey, I was just asking:
Dear Mr Walsh: It’s a question. Is there something wrong with asking? I didn’t know. In fact, I thought that’s the business you’re in. My mistake!
Scott Johnson
Providing the URL to his own story earlier this month — “Charges: Driver purposely hit 4 in Minneapolis crosswalks, with one dragged and killed” — Walsh tacitly instructed me that American citizens also commit vehicular homicide:
Quite all right. and if you wanna [sic] the legal status of Sophia Sullivan, that’s fair game to ask as well.
https://www.startribune.com/charges-driver-purposely-hits-4-people-in-minneapolis-crosswalks-one-not-expected-to-survive/601344938
In the words of the Beatles song, “I should have known better…” He never did tell me why it’s wrong to ask the question and I don’t follow his “logic,” such as it is. Absent such instruction, I am still seeking to ascertain Llangari Inga’s immigration status. I will update this post to report it if I succeed.
At last word Llangari Inga had yet to be taken into custody. Minneapolis, by the way, has been “a sanctuary city” since 2017 and the state of Minnesota now affords illegal aliens free college tuition under the Minnesota Dream Act.
UPDATE: I received this statement from an ICE spokesman after the close of business this afternoon: “U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a detainer on German Llangari Inga, 35, of Ecuador, with the Hennepin County Jail, Minnesota, Aug. 4, 2024, after he was arrested for criminal vehicular homicide. The Hennepin County Jail did not honor the detainer and released Llangari without notification to ICE Aug. 6, 2024, and he remains at large. Llangari initially entered the United States in June 2016, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, issued an order of expedited removal and placed into removal proceedings.”
