An unlawful immigrant accused of inflicting a deadly automotive crash in Colorado final week has been deported a number of occasions earlier than, in keeping with immigration authorities.
Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza, a 47-year-old Mexican nationwide, was charged final week in a semi-truck crash that killed one individual and critically injured one other. ICE mentioned Monday that the person was both deported or voluntarily returned to Mexico a minimum of 16 occasions previously, Denver 7 reported.
Mendoza, who initially confronted costs of vehicular murder, now faces one depend of careless driving leading to dying and three counts of careless driving leading to damage, in keeping with the Denver Put up. The unlawful immigrant is at present being held within the Jefferson County Jail on $50,000 bail.
The June 11 deadly crash killed 64-year-old Scott Miller when Mendoza drove off the highway and threw the pipe and angle iron he was carrying into 5 different automobiles. The crash occurred on Interstate 285 close to Conifer, Colorado.
The Colorado State Patrol mentioned they consider Mendoza was rushing when he fell into the wreckage. He was reportedly driving for Monique Trucking.
Mendoza was beforehand ordered deported in 2002 after being convicted of drug costs in Oregon. On the time of the accident, he was dealing with one other deportation order.
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The incident is the newest in a string of high-profile arrests of unlawful immigrants for crimes.
Final weekend, 23-year-old Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, an unlawful immigrant from El Salvador, was arrested for killing 37-year-old Rachel Morin. Hernandez is accused of killing Maureen, a mom of 5, whereas mountain climbing in Harford County, Maryland, in August 2023.
Hernandez is suspected of a January 2023 homicide in El Salvador and the assault of a 9-year-old woman in California. Based on the Tulsa Police Division, Hernandez “violently attacked a 9-year-old woman and her mom throughout a house invasion” in Los Angeles.
On Tuesday, the NYPD arrested an unlawful immigrant suspected of tying up and raping a 13-year-old woman in broad daylight at a park in Queens. The suspect is a 25-year-old unlawful immigrant from Ecuador who’s believed to have entered america in 2021, in keeping with the New York Put up.
Republican lawmakers have referred to as on President Joe Biden to strengthen border safety amid letting unlawful immigrants into america.
