Brandon Ortiz-Vite biography: 13 things about Puebla, Mexico man

Who is Brandon Ortiz-Vite?

Brandon Ortiz-Vite is a citizen of Mexico who illegally entered the United States more than once. Originally from Puebla, Mexico, he first entered the U.S. illegally as a child.

Later, Ortiz-Vite was approved to stay in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Barack Obama, the 44th U.S. president, signed the executive order that created the program.

Ortiz-Vite dated Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is 5’4″ tall and his registered weight is 160 pounds.
2. In July 2017, he was cited in Grand Rapids for driving while unlicensed or license not valid. 
3. In January 2018, he was charged with illegal entry without owner’s permission in Wyoming, Kent County. After pleading guilty to the misdemeanor charge, he was placed on probation for one year.
4. In May 2019, his DACA status expired.
5. On August 30, 2020, Enforcement and Removal Operations‘ field office in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan arrested him and served him a notice to appear. 
6. On September 24, 2020, an immigration judge with the U.S. Justice Department’s Executive Office of Immigration Review ordered him removed.
7. On September 29, 2020, he was removed to Mexico after a drunk driving arrest in Grand Rapids. He returned to the U.S. at an unknown date and location.
8. On March 22, 2024, he fatally shot Garcia in Grand Rapids. She was 25.
9. On March 24, 2024, he called 911 and said he wanted to turn himself in. ERO Detroit encountered him pursuant to him being arrested by the Michigan State Police at a church in Allegan County, Michigan and charged with homicide/open murder, carjacking, felony firearm, illegally carrying a concealed weapon, operating while intoxicated and driving on a suspended or revoked license. He was booked into the Kent County Jail in Grand Rapids.
10. On March 26, 2024, he was arraigned and ordered held without bail.
11. On September 23, 2024, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, carjacking, carrying a concealed weapon and using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
12. On October 6, 2024, he turned 26.
13. On November 7, 2024, he was sentenced in Kent County Circuit Court to 39 years in a Michigan prison for killing Garcia.