Man convicted in 1987 of first-degree murder in drug-related slaying deported

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WINNIPEG–A 49-year-old Winnipeg man, convicted in 1987 of first-degree murder in a drug-related slaying, has been deported to his native Portugal.
Canada Border Services Agency said today Jose Luis Correia was deported last Wednesday.
Correia won a shot at early release from prison after a “faint-hope” hearing last June. The jury decision allowed him to apply for full parole before serving a mandatory 25-years prison sentence.
The National Parole Board granted his freedom April 16 on the condition he be released to immigration officials as soon as a flight is arranged out of Canada.
Correia is not a Canadian citizen and was ordered deported in 1993. Correia’s family left Portugal when he was eight. He moved to Winnipeg when he was 20.
NPB documents say Correia will live with family in Portugal and that his wife of six years only plans to visit him. She will not move overseas with him.
The board has also said Correia must report to authorities if he returns to Canada.
“You acknowledge that you can never return to Canada as you would be arrested and re-incarcerated,” the board said in its decision to release Correia.
Correia was one of four people arrested in the execution of Robert Nieman, 22, a Winnipeg police informant who was shot three times as he walked into a Tyndall Park apartment. A second man, Robert Dunkley, pulled the trigger. Dunkley remains in prison.
A third man, Frank Ostrowski, was also charged for ordering Nieman’s death to protect his cocaine-dealing business. Ostrowski remains behind bars but says he was wrongfully convicted. He also claims an immunity deal made between the Crown and a chief witness wasn’t disclosed to the jury. Ostrowski’s case is under review.
A fourth man, Jim Luzny, was also arrested, but charges against him were dropped.