EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Migrant Walked Free From Multiple DUIs Before Alleged Killing
An illegal migrant charged with fatally running over a North Carolina man carried a history of drunk driving arrests, but was repeatedly released by local authorities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a…
An illegal migrant charged with fatally running over a North Carolina man carried a history of drunk driving arrests, but was repeatedly released by local authorities.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer for Wilmer Fuentes Mejia, a criminal illegal migrant who allegedly drove off after striking and killing a 61-year-old man in Durham in September, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Trump administration says Mejia should’ve been locked up long before the tragic accident.
“Wilmer Fuentes Mejia is a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala who has a history of driving while intoxicated and was previously deported by ICE in 2020,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement provided to the DCNF.
“A local DA allowed him to walk free after multiple DUIs only to then cause this fatal hit-and-run that killed an innocent 61-year-old man in North Carolina,” McLaughlin continued.
Wilmer Fuentes Mejia. (Image courtesy of DHS)
Mejia — who DHS revealed also goes by the name Werner Orosco-Clemente — allegedly killed Richard Ferguson, Jr. with his vehicle in Durham, North Carolina, on September 13. The illegal migrant, who had already been removed from the U.S., was previously arrested in 2020 for allegedly driving under the influence in Wake County, but was released by the county’s district Democrat attorney without bond.