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The handyman accused of killing Queens mom Orsolya Gaal was living here illegally, The Post has learned.
David Bonola, a 44-year-old Mexican national, entered the US from Mexico about 21 years ago, according to the NYPD – and law-enforcement sources revealed Friday that he was living in New York in violation of immigration law when busted Wednesday for Gaal’s horrific slaying.
“One more person that ought not to be here in the first place committing a crime,” City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-SI) seethed to The Post.
The NYPD, asked about Bonola’s immigration status Friday, declined comment, saying it had no information.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Bonola had originally entered the country legally or ever had any type of lawful status in the US.
But Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to The Post that it has lodged a detainer with Queens Central Booking, where Bonola currently is.
“ICE focuses its civil immigration enforcement priorities on the apprehension and removal of noncitizens who pose a threat to our national security, public safety, and border security,” an ICE spokesperson said in an email.
Bonola arrived at 51-year-old Orsolya Gaal's residence just after midnight last Friday and the two got into an argument in the basement.
Bonola stabbed Gaal 58 times in the basement while her 13-year-old son was upstairs asleep