US EditionDriver enters guilty plea in deaths of 2 migrants while fleeing authorities near border
- On Saturday near Sonoita, Arizona, a rollover crash occurred after a vehicle evaded Border Patrol.
- Border Patrol technology spotted a vehicle moving north from the border by Parker Canyon Lake around 3 p.m.
- Agents located a white Nissan Rogue on Route 83; three occupants fled into the desert on foot.
- Agents pursued the Rogue for about four miles before finding it rolled over with the driver unconscious, prompting medical assistance.
- The U.S. Citizen driver now faces smuggling charges, while the two Guatemalans and one Mexican national face illegal reentry charges.
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Chula Vista man pleads guilty in high-speed crash that killed two migrants
(FOX 5/KUSI) — A Chula Vista man pleaded guilty on Thursday in connection with a high-speed chase and crash that took the lives of two adults allegedly being smuggled into the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Sergio Palomera, 23, entered his plea in federal court, where he reportedly admitted to "transporting two undocumented immigrants who died when he crashed his car while fleeing U.S. Border Patrol at speeds exceedi…
Driver enters guilty plea in deaths of 2 migrants while fleeing authorities near border
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer wears a patch on their sleeve. (Photo courtesy of Customs and Border Protection) A Chula Vista man who crashed a car while fleeing from Border Patrol officers, causing the deaths of two immigrants, pleaded guilty to federal charges Thursday. Sergio Josue Palomera, 23, fled from the Border Patrol on Oct. 22 after he was spotted loading the migrants into his car near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to…
Chula Vista man pleads guilty in Otay Mesa crash that killed two migrants
A Chula Vista man who was transporting two undocumented migrants in a car he crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol officers, causing both passengers’ deaths, pleaded guilty to federal charges in San Diego on Thursday. Sergio Josue Palomera, 23, fled from Border Patrol on Oct. 22 after a man and a woman were spotted getting into his car near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the San Diego U.S. Attorney’s Office and court documents. After la…
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