The Mestizo soccer player Luis Suárez has been unable to restrain his genetic drive to eat people for the third time now at a soccer game, this time at the Wold Cup. The cannibal just laughed when he was asked about the bite marks on Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder and said ‘things like that happen all the time.’ Funny how they only seem to happen around him though.

From the Telegraph:

Giorgio Chiellini demanded that Fifa show the “courage” to ban Luis Suárez from the World Cup after becoming the third opponent to be bitten by the controversial Uruguayan striker.

The Italy defender was left with visible teeth marks on his left shoulder after clashing with Suárez in the 79th minute of Uruguay’s 1-0 victory in Natal, a result which confirmed their progression from Group   D and eliminated the Italians.

Fifa immediately opened an investigation into what was one of the most shocking episodes of player behaviour in World Cup history.

With Fifa’s disciplinary code stipulating a maximum suspension of 24 matches or two years for offences of an extreme nature, Suárez could yet find himself being penalised with a record ban for an on-field incident.

After reacting furiously on the pitch following the incident, which went unseen by the Mexican referee Marco Rodríguez, Juventus defender Chiellini branded Suárez a “sneak” who is protected by Fifa because of his high-profile status.

Suárez served a 10-game ban in the Premier League in 2013 for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic, having committed the same offence playing for Ajax three years earlier.

“Suárez is a sneak and he gets away with it because Fifa want their stars to play in the World Cup,” Chiellini said. “I would love to see if they have the courage to do anything against him. It was ridiculous not to send Suárez off. It is clear, clear-cut. And then there was the obvious dive afterwards because he knew very well that he did something that he shouldn’t have done.”

Suárez said of the ‘bite’ claims: “These situations happen on the field. I had contact with his shoulder, nothing more, things like that happen all the time.” He added of possible action by the game’s governing body: “I don’t know anything, if Fifa analyse each case separately it’s going to be complicated.”

Despite photographic evidence supporting Chiellini’s claim to have been bitten, the centre-half was accused of “crying” by Uruguay’s injured captain Diego Lugano.

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Jim Boyce, the Fifa vice-president and chairman of the referees’ committee, hinted at a lengthier suspension by insisting that the governing body should “take whatever action necessary” if Suárez is found to have bitten Chiellini. “I have watched the incident several times on television,” Boyce said.

“There is no doubt Luis Suárez is a fantastic footballer but, once again, his actions have left him open to severe criticism. Fifa must investigate the incident seriously and take whatever disciplinary action deemed necessary.”

Meanwhile, Michel D’Hooghe, a Fifa executive committee member, said: “It is very, very sad for everybody who loves football.”

Suárez, who was suspended for seven games by the Dutch Football Association for biting PSV Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal while playing for Ajax in November 2010, grinned as he walked through the post-match interview area when asked repeatedly whether he had bitten Chiellini.

Despite the shocking nature of the incident, Suárez was defended by the Uruguay coach Óscar Tabárez, who accused the media of pursuing the player in an attempt to report on his mistakes. “There seems there is animosity against this football player,” Tabárez said. “He just came out of a difficult moment and he has been penalised, but there are people hiding behind the tree waiting for something to happen.

“Suárez is a preferred target of certain media. I’d like to see the images. I didn’t see it. And if it happened, the referee probably didn’t see it.

“Suárez is an important person. He’s an important person within the group and I can already say if he’s attacking as you’ve already started to do we will see how to defend him because this is a football World Cup, it is not about cheap morality.”

The Italy manager, Cesare Prandelli, who announced his resignation following his team’s defeat, supported Chiellini’s claims by admitting he had seen the injury to the defender’s shoulder. “I didn’t see the images of Suárez but I did see the bite marks in Chiellini’s shoulder,” Prandelli said. “It is a shame, a real shame. The assistants of the referee were so busy, they didn’t see anything.”

Detectives have made an arrest in the murder of a woman found burned beyond recognition last week.

Robert Juan Enriquez, 38, was arrested Monday night on charges of domestic violence and murder, according to a release from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

According to detectives, Enriquez had called authorities Sunday morning to report that his live-in girlfriend had not come home since Jan. 22.

Deputies were intrigued by the physical similarities between Enriquez’ girlfriend and that of a person found burned near Snodgrass Slough on Jan. 23.

Earlier, detectives released an image of the woman’s ring in hopes of identifying her, because her burn injuries were so disfiguring.

Detectives soon found inconsistencies in Enriquez’ story, along with more similarities between his girlfriend and the body found.

Monday night, Enriquez was arrested in connection to the woman’s murder. He is currently being held at Sacramento County Jail and is ineligible for bail.

Authorities are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.

A Mexican national has been executed in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the punishment.

Edgar Tamayo, 46, received a lethal injection Wednesday night for the January 1994 fatal shooting of Officer Guy Gaddis, 24.

Asked by a warden if he had a final statement, he mumbled “no” and shook his head. As the lethal dose of pentobarbital began taking effect, he took a few breaths and then made one slightly audible snore before all movement stopped. He was pronounced dead 17 minutes after the drug was administered, at 9:32 p.m. CST.

The execution, the first this year in the nation’s most active death penalty state, was delayed more than three hours while the U.S. Supreme Court considered last-ditch appeals.

Tamayo never looked toward Gaddis’ mother, two brothers and two other relatives who watched through a window.

“He’s a coward, just like when he shot my brother in the back of the head, and he died a coward,” Glen Gaddis said.

Several dozen police officers and supporters of the slain patrolman revved their motorcycles outside the prison before witnesses were allowed into the death chamber. Tamayo selected no witnesses of his own.

“A little bit of my shredded heart is feeling better,” the officer’s mother, Gayle, said.

The execution came after the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts rejected last-day appeals and Texas officials spurned arguments that Tamayo’s case was tainted because he wasn’t informed, under an international agreement, that he could get legal help from the Mexican consulate after his arrest in the officer’s slaying.

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Kim Pham, a 23-year-old woman beaten into a coma outside a Santa Ana, Calif., night club, died after being taken off life support, her family said.

Pham was declared brain dead but was being kept alive on a ventilator until her organs could be donated, a decision her family didn’t know she made until she was fatally injured, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

Pham was waiting outside The Crosby with friends shortly after midnight Saturday when an argument began with another group. One of Pham’s friends said the confrontation may have been unintentionally triggered by Pham when she accidentally walked in front of a camera as the other group posed for a photograph.

Santa Ana police said a woman, a Santa Monica resident in her 20s, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily harm.

Police were searching for two men and two women still at large, described as Latinos 20 to 25 years of age.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a former Christchurch woman.

Sarah O’Neill, 22, was found dead at her home in the Speedwell area of Bristol just before midday last Wednesday.

Sergio Saavedra-Navarrete, 27, who is believed to have been the young mum’s boyfriend, appeared via video link at Bristol Crown Court yesterday. The defendant is originally from Mexico, but gave his address in court as Miss O’Neill’s – Rose Green Close.

He spoke only to confirm his name during the hearing, and has been remanded in custody until a preliminary hearing on February 4 when a provisional trial date is due to be fixed. He was remanded into custody as no application for bail was made.

Miss O’Neill, the mother of a young son, attended Highcliffe School and Brockenhurst College.

It’s been more than two years since Jesse Benavides was gunned down at a family birthday party in Dallas by a man who never should have been on U.S. streets.

Jesse Labon Benavides, 33, was gunned down during a family birthday party in Dallas in October 2011. (Photo courtesy of Benavides family)

Santana Gaona had been in jail less than two months earlier for allegedly raping and beating his estranged wife. He was flagged as an illegal immigrant and scheduled for deportation. Despite a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “detainer” that had been placed on Gaona, requiring him to face a deportation hearing, ICE officials canceled the order and he was released from jail.

At the time, ICE officials told the Dallas Morning News and this reporter that “another law enforcement agency” asked them to remove the detainer.

In 2011, a federal law enforcement officer confirmed to this reporter that Gaona had been an informant for multiple federal agencies, including the FBI, which was responsible for his release. The official said Gaona showed no signs of being a violent criminal and there was no reason to believe he would have committed murder.

Benavides, 33, was trying to stop a fight between Gaona and Gaona’s estranged wife when he was shot in front of his 8-year-old son.

Benavides’ family still can’t find closure. They told TheBlaze that they are filing an official complaint with the FBI and a looking at a possible lawsuit. They don’t want his death to be in vain, and don’t want any other family to suffer a similar tragedy. As lawmakers in Washington push for comprehensive immigration reform, the family wonders why the laws already in place weren’t followed and why criminal illegal aliens like Gaona are released and not deported.

“I still can’t go a day or minute without thinking of my brother Jesse,” Juan Benavidas said. “Jesse isn’t the only person whose been killed unnecessarily by criminals like Gaona, who shouldn’t be here to begin with. Where’s the FBI now? Why haven’t they ever said anything to our family – since it was their guy who killed my brother.  Why wasn’t he deported when he was arrested the first time?”

Juan Benavidas’ question is not easily answered. Victims and law enforcement officers often feel left out of the immigration reform process, their voices silenced.

Federal law enforcement officers have told TheBlaze that the Obama administration has made it impossible for them to do their jobs and that special pro-immigration interest groups have more pull with the White House. Deportation is not simple and ICE officers rarely, if ever, deport those who have not committed crimes beyond their illegal entry into the United States.

A picture of Jesse and Juan Benavides when they were in elementary school. “There isn’t a day I don’t think of my brother,” Juan Benavides said. “I don’t want his death to be in vain.”

“We’ve been kept away from rallies where illegal aliens are protesting U.S. laws — we’re not allowed to make arrests, deport criminals and the system is made to work against us,” said a Department of Homeland Security official not authorized to speak publicly. “What happened to Jesse is a terrible crime but it happens every day because we are kept from doing our jobs to protect our citizens. Criminals seem to have more rights.”

President Barack Obama has urged Congress to pass immigration reform, and the issue is a central part of what he hopes his second-term legacy will be.

Obama said “the unwillingness of certain Republicans in Congress to catch up with the rest of the country” on immigration reform is what’s preventing the passage of legislation. But many in the GOP leadership have also been working diligently behind the scenes to piece together legislation that can be voted on next year to remedy the complex problem of what to do with the more than 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.

In fact, Obama congratulated House Speaker John Boehner for his pursuit of piecemeal immigration legislation and said during a speech last week in San Francisco that he believes “the speaker is sincere.”

Those who oppose a comprehensive immigration reform package, however, say victims like Jesse Benavides are set aside by the political machine that places more emphasis on building a voter base than on fixing a broken immigration system and enforcing existing laws.

Chris Crane, president of the ICE National Council, the union that represents more than 7,500 officers and support staff, told TheBlaze that the officers he represents are afraid of their own agency.

“The toughest thing for our guys is releasing felons, these child molesters and knowing these bad guys are back in the streets,” Crane said. “It’s the policy of this administration to make it as difficult as possible for our law enforcement officers to do their job. If the American public could see what we see, they would be out in the streets demanding enforcement and change, not immigration reform.”

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