Photo: EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT
A Texas man has been arrested after allegedly murdering a woman and shooting her husband because they supported PresidentJoe Bidenin last year’s election.
On Sept. 8, the El Paso Police Department SWAT team and detectives arrested Joseph Angel Alvarez — nearly a year after Georgette Kauffmann was killed and her husband Daniel Kaufmann’s was shot, police said in apress releaseissued last week. Alvarez, 38, is currently incarcerated at a county detention facility after his bail was set at $2 million for the murder of Georgette and $500,000 for the aggravated assault of Daniel.
The couple was attacked in their El Paso home on Nov. 14 last year, one week after Biden wasdeclared the winnerover incumbent PresidentDonald Trumpin the 2020 presidential election.
At the time, authorities responded to reports of a shooting at the residence. Law enforcement found Georgette dead, while Daniel was suffering from gunshot wounds, the release said.
Georgette Kaufmann.Facebook
Citing a copy of the arrest affidavit, the outlet reported that Alvarez carried out the crime because of the Kauffmans' political views.
Prior to the attack, he reportedly wrote an email to the US Army’s 902D Military Intelligence about his extremist religious and political beliefs, including identifying pro-choice people as the “Jewish Satanist Party” and calling abortions “Jewish child sacrifice.”
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TheEl Paso Timesreports that he believed the houses on Copper and the intersecting Raynor Avenue were involved in “satanic activity” because of their proximity to Memorial Park.
Alvarez also reportedly wrote that he specifically targeted the Kauffmanns because they voted for Biden and had a Biden flag in front of their house, as well as “a doll of Trump hanging.” At the time, the home also reportedly had pro-Democrat posters and LGBTQ flags displayed.
According to KFOX14, the affidavit further cited Alvarez’s photos and written statements in the email as evidence that the murder and assault were pre-planned.
source: people.com
