A Colorado woman was killed after an intoxicated illegal immigrant allegedly drove more than 100 miles per hour and crashed into her vehicle during an early-morning incident in Greeley, according to authorities. Federal officials confirmed the suspect was previously removed from the United States and had reentered the country illegally.
Police identified the victim as 27-year-old Jasmine Faith Carpio. She died five days after 19-year-old Eduardo Parra-Corral ran a red light and struck her vehicle. He has been charged with multiple crimes, including vehicular manslaughter, and has been deported back to Mexico.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called Parra-Corral “a criminal illegal alien from Mexico” and detailed the timeline of events.
“On November 9, Eduardo Parra-Corral, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by local police after he was allegedly driving under the influence at a speed of more than 100 miles per hour when he ran a red light,” DHS shared in a statement with Fox News.
“He hit and killed a 27-year-old woman. ICE took him into custody on November 10. He was deported on November 25 and no longer poses a threat to Americans,” McLaughlin said.
Authorities in Colorado, a sanctuary state that aggressively protects criminal illegal aliens, refused to acknowledge that Parra-Corral was not in the nation legally. A spokesperson for the Greeley Police Department said, “The accident resulted in the tragic loss of a member of our community, Jasmine Carpio. While we will not be making any statements on the immigration status of Mr. Parra-Corral, we remain fully committed to conducting a thorough and impartial investigation.”
According to Fox News:
Douglas County District Attorney and longtime Denver-area prosecutor George Brauchler said the case underscores the public-safety risks of Colorado’s hands-off approach to immigration enforcement.
“This is a horrific situation, but one we’ve seen play out across Colorado and across the United States,” Brauchler told Fox News Digital. “Imagine the amount of crime that would go away if we didn’t have someone like this on our streets killing people.”
Brauchler said cases like this raise urgent questions.
“I’d like to know when they got into the country or when they snuck into the country,” he said. “I’d like to know what other run-ins with law enforcement they’ve had and if they had contact, why weren’t they deported before?”
He argued that Colorado’s sanctuary-style laws have made the state more attractive to people in the country illegally.
“When you have states like Colorado and cities like Denver that have rolled out the red carpet and the welcome mat for illegal immigrants, this is the kind of thing you invite more of,” he said. “This is some of the downside of that policy.”
Since 2019, Colorado has enacted laws limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, restrictions Brauchler says undermine public safety.
“The result has been more criminals who should have been deported being put back on our streets,” he said. “It is a system created on purpose by those in charge of the state of Colorado, and this is the kind of chaos that ensues.”
Parra-Corral’s passenger, 20-year-old Omar Perea-Burciaga, was also taken into custody for allegedly providing false identifying information and on a prior hit-and-run warrant.
As long as states like Colorado prioritize the freedom of criminal illegal aliens over the safety of American citizens, heartbreaking incidents like this will continue to happen.