Posted on 12/05/2025 6:37:45 AM PST by BAW
A man accused of driving a pickup while intoxicated, crashing head-on into a car in rural East County and killing an 8-year-old girl over the weekend, was in the country illegally and had been previously convicted of DUI, according to authorities.
Brayan Josue Alva Rodriguez, 25, pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with Sunday’s crash on county Highway S-2, also known as San Felipe Road, near Ranchita, according to the District Attorney’s Office. He was among several injured in the crash and was arraigned in the hospital Tuesday.
Alva, a Guatemalan national, was arrested by Border Patrol in Calexico in 2018 and released after being served with a notice to appear before an immigration judge, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
While in immigration proceedings, he was charged in connection with a Sept. 6, 2020, crash. Court documents indicate Alva pleaded guilty in April 2021 to misdemeanor drunken driving and an allegation that his blood-alcohol content in that crash was at least 0.15%. Prosecutors dropped other misdemeanor charges he faced, including hit and run and driving without a license.
Records indicate that when Alva pleaded guilty, he had been warned that if he drove under the influence and killed someone as a result, he could be charged with murder. He was sentenced to five years of probation, which records indicate was set to end next year.
An immigration judge ordered him removed from the country in 2023, but he did not leave, ICE said.
“Now an innocent life has been lost in a tragedy that could have been prevented,” ICE’s San Diego office said on social media.
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So now, illegal alien child killers are referred to as “alleged drunken drivers.” I think most maggot who work for the “media” are “allaged drunken workers”.
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Brayan Josue Alva Rodriguez, 25, pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter ...
Alva, a Guatemalan national, was arrested by Border Patrol in Calexico in 2018 and released after being served with a notice to appear before an immigration judge, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
While in immigration proceedings, he was charged in connection with a Sept. 6, 2020, crash. Court documents indicate Alva pleaded guilty in April 2021 to misdemeanor drunken driving and an allegation that his blood-alcohol content in that crash was at least 0.15%. Prosecutors dropped other misdemeanor charges he faced, including hit and run and driving without a license.
Records indicate that when Alva pleaded guilty, he had been warned that if he drove under the influence and killed someone as a result, he could be charged with murder. He was sentenced to five years of probation, which records indicate was set to end next year.
An immigration judge ordered him removed from the country in 2023, but he did not leave, ICE said.
Up in the PNW where I live when we hear a fatal DUI murder it is 95% of the time a Spanish name.
I hate hearing these stories and they are becoming increasingly common, fatal crashes caused by illegals some of whom have been issued DLs by California and Oregon:
“Sanctuary Oregon Issued Driver’s License to Obama Illegal Charged in Hit-and-Run Killing of Idaho Child”
“Illegal Alien Trucker Charged With Killing Newlyweds Was Released by Biden, Granted CDL by Sanctuary California”
“Florida AG: Woman, Adopted Daughters Killed in Head-On Collision With Previously-Deported Illegal Who Was “Likely Drunk”
“Ohio Sheriff Rips “Lowlife Piece of S**t” Illegal Alien Charged in Horrific DUI Crash That Nearly Killed American Nurse”
— Border Hawk
ICE can’t be too aggressive in enforcing our immigration laws.
Too late to save this child, but there are other Americans whose lives can be saved by deporting all illegal aliens ASAP.
Agreed.
I see the problem here, he was told to deport. How about an immediate deportation by helicopter.
Barack Obama ceased operating as President in January, 2017.
Joe Biden began operating as President in January, 2021.
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