The mother of the murdered Georgia TikToker blames migrant crime at the Trump rally

MACON, Ga – Carmen Rodriguez, the mother of the murdered man Georgia mom Minelys Rodriguez, a TikTok star and single mother, joined former President Trump on stage Sunday to urge his supporters to vote for him as Democrats downplay the type of migrant crime that killed her daughter.

“She was murdered last Tuesday – I lost my daughter, but I haven't lost my faith,” she told rally participants at the Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, while standing next to her family and the former president. “And I know that Donald Trump is the best choice for the USA. And not.” [just] “The best choice – he’s the only one we need to save our country.”

The younger Rodriguez was last seen on October 22 at a Walmart in Cornelia, Georgia.

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State investigators found her remains last Tuesday after they arrested a 24-year-old man on kidnapping charges.

Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanches is expected to get his charges upgraded to Include murder. Law enforcement and Trump campaign sources say he is an illegal immigrant from Mexico.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Fox News on Monday that the agency had filed a request to detain Rivera-Sanches and that he entered the United States illegally at an unknown location and time.

“I have a 25-year-old daughter with a lot of life and someone stopped her life,” Rodriguez said during the rally. “And we have to stop this and get on with Donald Trump.”

Border security has become a major campaign issue for 2024, and mothers of other victims like Minelys Rodriguez have been called to Capitol Hill to testify several times in recent weeks, urging lawmakers to take action.

The police authorities in large cities blame illegal and untested asylum seekers for the increase in crime, in which women in particular fall victim. The spectrum ranges from handbag and phone theft to rape and murder.

Tonight, Patty Morin, the mother of Maryland jogger Rachel Morin, will join Trump on stage at a rally in Pennsylvania.

“We must save American lives by strengthening our borders,” she said Monday through her attorney, Randolph Rice. “I know that by supporting President Trump, we can prevent other families from experiencing the heartache that I have endured.”

Minelys Rodriguez was last seen at a Walmart in Cornelia on Oct. 22, and her last known contact was a text message to her fiancé that evening, which he told local media sounded suspicious.

She never made it home and her family reported her missing the next day.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents, state Department of Natural Resources employees and local police discovered Rodriguez's body Tuesday evening, authorities said.

Rodriguez was a U.S. citizen originally from Puerto Rico. Her TikTok account featured a mix of shopping videos and personal stories, including a history of trouble with the law during her childhood.

Records show Rivera-Sanches is being held without bail at the Habersham County Detention Center.

The results of an autopsy on Rodriguez were pending.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to do so Contact GBI.

Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this report.