At the time of his drunk driving crash that stole two lives, he had been previously convicted on burglary, car theft and domestic violence.
An illegal immigrant who killed two teens in 2021 in a fiery car wreck after driving drunk is set to be released years before his sentence was set to end by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Trump administration officials have vowed to take action against the illegal immigrant who has been deported multiple times.
Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022 after being found guilty of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter for the 2021 crash on the 405 freeway in Seal Beach that killed 19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin. Ortega-Anguiano was drunk at the time and driving at a high speed, per Fox News. He has served just three years of his 10-year sentence.
The Department of Homeland Security said that Ortega-Anguiano has been deported twice and is originally from Mexico. He was previously convicted of burglary in 2005, vehicle theft in 2007, and battery on a spouse with kidnapping in 2014.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer with the California Department of Corrections for Ortega-Anguiano pending his release, however, sanctuary policies in the state have raised questions as to whether the detainer will be honored.
Border czar Tom Homan told Fox News, "I will work with [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem on this case, and I guarantee you, if they don’t honor the detainer, we’ll have ICE agents outside that facility to take custody of this individual and deport him."
"He's been deported several times, which means he's a felon," Homan said. "Re-entry to the country, deported. Deportation is a felony. We will prosecute him, and we will deport him."
Bill Essayli, who was sworn in as United States Attorney for the Central District of California in early April, announced Wednesday that his office has filed a federal immigration charge against Ortega-Anguiano.
"My office has filed a felony immigration charge against this defendant. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted for 8 USC 1326," Essayli wrote. "If the State of California will not seek the full measure of justice against this individual, the Justice Department will."
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