Undocumented Immigrant Accused of Killing Mollie Tibbetts Worked for Prominent GOP Family
by Ronn Blitzer | 8:24 am, August 22nd, 2018
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the suspect in the death of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbets, worked for a farm owned by the family of a local Republican political figure, despite being an undocumented immigrant. Rivera, who had reportedly been in the United States illegally for at least four years, was
working for Yarrabee Farms, whose owners include Dane Lang and Eric Lang, brothers of local GOP political candidate Craig Lang.
Not only did Craig Lang run for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture earlier this year, hes a past president of the Iowa Board of Regents and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federations, according to the
Des Moines Register.
Dane Lang confirmed to the local newspaper that Rivera was an employee in good standing at the farm, after working there for four years. Lang said that Rivera was vetted through the governments E-Verify system. In a statement, he said:
Yarrabee Farms follows all laws related to verifying employees are legal to work in the United States, and we regularly seek outside counsel to ensure we stay up-to-date on employment law matters. We keep records on all employees and have shared that information with authorities.
We appreciate the hard work of law enforcement officials. We will continue to cooperate with authorities as the investigation moves forward.
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