A group of illegal immigrants have been arrested in Texas after fleeing the scene of a drunk-driving crash that killed a 22-year-old man. The fiery crash occurred this past weekend in Arlington, Texas, when Cesar Ramirez Castro—a 25-year-old illegal immigrant behind the wheel of a Ford F-150—swerved onto the shoulder of Interstate 20 and hit a vehicle stopped on the side of the highway. The impact forced the parked vehicle into a concrete wall along the side of the highway, where it subsequently burst into flames, killing its unidentified 22-year-old driver.
Following the deadly crash, Cesar Ramirez Castro and two passengers in the truck, Marcelino Ramirez-Ramirez, 30 years old, and Daniel Castro Zammarron, 24 years old, were seen fleeing the scene. All three illegal immigrants were eventually arrested, with Ramirez Castro failing a field sobriety test. Following the arrests, Ramirez Castro was charged with a single count of manslaughter while intoxicated and one count of collision involving death. The two passengers have been charged with public intoxication, and all three men have received immigration detainers.
Numerous state governments across the U.S. have passed provisions allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. This has led to several high-profile incidents where American citizens have been killed on the road by illegal immigrant drivers. In several cases, the illegal immigrant was intoxicated at the time. Last September, an illegal immigrant in Missouri was charged with killing a police officer while driving drunk. The Honduran national had a prior driving while intoxicated (DWI) conviction.
Meanwhile, last summer, an illegal immigrant from Mexico—who had been deported 16 times—killed a Colorado man in a deadly accident involving five vehicles.
