A twice-deported illegal alien with several prior felony convictions is set to be released by the sanctuary state of California after serving less than half of his prison sentence for killing a 19-year-old couple while driving under the influence.
Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano (43) was reportedly drunk and high while driving over 100 miles per hour when he crashed on California’s 405 freeway, killing Anya Varfolomeev & Nikolay Osokin in November 2021.
He was then sentenced in early 2022 to ten years in prison on two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. However, California now plans to release him more than six years early.
According to ICE, Ortega-Anguiano entered the country illegally three times and was last deported on June 1, 2018, before reentering and killing the two teenagers. Since 2005, he has had several criminal convictions, including burglary, vehicle theft, and battery on spouse with kidnapping.
ICE confirmed to Fox that they have put out a detainer request to take the alien into federal custody before he is released.
ICE provided the following statement to Fox News:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a detainer with North Kern State Prison, Delano, California, June 9, 2022, on Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, 43, of Mexico. He is serving time after being convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. His previous criminal convictions include burglary in 2005; vehicle theft in 2007; and battery on spouse with kidnapping in 2014.
An immigration judge ordered Ortega removed Nov. 3, 2014; he filed several unsuccessful appeals and was taken into ICE custody Dec. 2, 2016, and removed to Mexico the same day. Ortega attempted to reenter the United States Feb. 2, 2018, near Otay Mesa, California by presenting a counterfeit document; he was paroled into the U.S. pending criminal prosecution for illegal reentry after removal. An immigration official issued Ortega an expedited removal order and removed him June 1, 2018, to Mexico; after his latest removal, he again illegally reentered the U.S. on an unknown date and location. ICE issued a detainer with the Orange County Jail, California, Nov. 27, 2021, where he was being held on vehicular manslaughter charges at the time.
Per Bill Melugin:
EXCLUSIVE: The families of two teens killed by an illegal alien who crashed into them while drunk, high, & speeding at 100 mph in OC in 2021 have been told by the state of CA that their killer will be released from prison early in July, just 3.5 years into a 10-year sentence for killing the teens, who both burned alive.
Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, a twice deported Mexican illegal alien, had a lengthy rap sheet prior to killing 19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev & Nikolay Osokin in the DUI crash on the 405 freeway in Seal Beach in November 2021. Both were US citizens, and they were dating. Ortega-Anguiano had several felony convictions, had gone to state prison, and had multiple convictions for driving without a license, but was still on the streets when he crashed into the teens’ vehicle.
In spring of 2022, Ortega-Anguiano was convicted in OC of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated for killing the teens, and a judge sentenced him to serve 10 years in prison for each count, but concurrently, meaning he would serve both 10-year-sentences at the same time.
The victims’ families felt that was already a weak sentence, but they tell me they were notified by the CA Department of Corrections on Easter Sunday that Ortega-Anguiano is scheduled for an early release on July 19th, 2025, only a little more than 3 years into his sentence, leaving the victims’ families shocked, and outraged given the seriousness of the crime and his prior criminal history. They provided us the CDCR document showing the July 19th release date.
The CA Department of Corrections wouldn’t confirm the release date when I reached out, saying they “cannot provide information on an incarcerated person’s release date or location in advance of their release.” They added that “incarcerated persons may earn credits for participating in rehabilitative programming, which may move parole eligible dates to an earlier date.
ICE confirms to @FoxNews that they have placed a detainer on Ortega-Anguiano with the CA Dept of Corrections and intend to take him into custody upon his release. They hope the CA Dept. of Corrections will honor the detainer request and transfer him to their custody upon his release, which they often do. But the families fear, even if he is deported, he will just re-enter the US as a gotaway, as he’s done twice before.
Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, responded to the report, announcing that his office has filed felony immigration charges against Ortega-Anguiano, and he faces up to 20 years in prison. “If the State of California will not seek the full measure of justice against this individual, the @TheJusticeDept will,” he said in an X post.
My office has filed a felony immigration charge against this defendant. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted for 8 USC 1326.
If the State of California will not seek the full measure of justice against this individual, the @TheJusticeDept will. https://t.co/wTuQdun1as
— US Attorney Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) April 23, 2025
The Gateway Pundit has also learned that Essayli has a warrant for Ortega-Anguiano’s arrest, leaving California no choice but to hand the individual over if he is released from prison.
Essayli has previously spoken to The Gateway Pundit about his plans to “aggressively enforce immigration law,” including potential charges filed against state officials who attempt to harbor illegal aliens and shield them from ICE.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s New California U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli Says He Will Fight Sanctuary State Policies, Signals Prosecution for “Anyone” who Interferes with Immigration Law as Leftist Officials Defy ICE – “Law and Order is Back” (VIDEO)
Previously, in an interview with The Gateway Pundit, then-California Assemblyman Essayli discussed California’s policies of shielding dangerous illegal immigrants from ICE deportations and releasing them back into the community. California officials have long ignored ICE detainers, which request that local law enforcement maintain custody of illegals and notify ICE instead of releasing them back into the community after they’ve been prosecuted for a crime.
This is a developing story.
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