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Washington: Illegal immigrant found guilty in DUI crash that killed state trooper
OAN ^ | June 5, 2025 | Abril Elfi

Posted on 06/05/2025 12:40:19 PM PDT by george76

An Illegal immigrant has been found guilty of a DUI crash that resulted in the death of a state trooper.

On Tuesday, a Snohomish County jury found Raul Benitez-Santana, 33, guilty of vehicular assault and vehicular homicide — in connection with the death of Washington State Patrol Trooper Christopher Gadd.

In March 2024, Gadd, 27, was driving in his cruiser when he was hit by a speeding car going over 100 mph

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Benitez-Santana was under the influence at the time of the crash. He admitted to drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana before jumping in his vehicle.

Benitez-Santana had reportedly swerved across the road before colliding into the back end of Gadd’s police car, which was parked on the shoulder. The 27-year-old police officer had been looking for speeding drivers at the time when he was hit, and he died in what became a “three-vehicle accident” on Interstate 5.

Following his arrest, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed a detainer request with Snohomish County Jail for Benitez-Santana, a Mexican national.

On October 28, 2013, Benitez-Santana was first encountered by immigration agents after being arrested for failing to appear in court after driving with a suspended license.

Then, in May 2013, he was also sentenced to 90 days in prison, 87 of which were suspended, after being found in possession of marijuana.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: alien; aliens; criminalalien; criminalaliens; illegal; illegalalien; illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigration

1 posted on 06/05/2025 12:40:19 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

How did an illegal get a valid US license?

Washington state deserves pain from its stupid decisions, but it shouldn’t come from more innocents being hurt.


2 posted on 06/05/2025 12:51:15 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: george76

Lethal injection, then deportation.


3 posted on 06/05/2025 12:52:27 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: george76

More American deaths laid at the feet of Mayorkas and Biden.


4 posted on 06/05/2025 1:01:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: ConservativeMind

“How did an illegal get a valid US license?”

In Colorado they show up 20 at a time at the DMV with their guide and get them.


5 posted on 06/05/2025 2:00:41 PM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: ConservativeMind

ALOT of states are issuing licenses to them.

THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE “HELP” WITH THE WRITTEN PART OF THE TEST...SINCE THEY CANNOT READ/WRITE ENGLISH


6 posted on 06/05/2025 2:01:11 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Crows at the border wait for lunch to arrive.


7 posted on 06/06/2025 7:06:31 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Vaduz

May they soon be too fat to fly.


8 posted on 06/06/2025 8:06:15 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Yes and old


9 posted on 06/06/2025 11:04:22 AM PDT by Vaduz
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