The Charlotte Observer
SALISBURY, North Carolina -- An illegal immigrant who led police on a pursuit and was charged in a fatal Rowan County wreck last week had been arrested at least three times in North Carolina. But he was not deported after those arrests, authorities said Thursday.
The man, Carlos Alfonso Guillen Martinez, will be deported as soon as state officials release him, federal authorities said. If convicted, he would likely serve prison time before being deported.
It won't be the first time Guillen Martinez is thrown out of the country after committing a crime, investigators said:
• In 1997, he was deported from Los Angeles, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Richard Rocha said Thursday. The charge: Assault with a deadly weapon, causing great bodily injury.
• In 1998, he was deported from Houston after trying to sneak back into the country, Rocha said.
Posted by tyne at February 16, 2007