The Associated Press
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MILWAUKEE, Wisc. - A former police officer who stole his dead cousin’s identity to get on the force has been deported.
Oscar Ayala-Cornejo was scheduled to leave Saturday to Guadalajara, Mexico, where his family moved from in 1992. But fog canceled his flight and he left early Sunday.
Darryl Morin, of the League of United Latin American Citizens, says the 25-year-old wanted everyone to know it was an honor and privilege to serve Milwaukee.
Ayala was charged in federal court with falsely representing himself as an American citizen.
He was arrested May 31, agreed to a plea deal about two weeks later and resigned. A judge sentenced Ayala last month to a year of probation. He agreed to be deported.