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From Fox News: Outrage is growing after the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced it will release an undocumented immigrant convicted of killing two American teenagers, more than six years before his original sentence was set to end.
Trump border czar Tom Homan says he’s stepping in.
“I will work with [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem on this case, and I guarantee you, if they don’t honor the detainer, we’ll have ICE agents outside that facility to take custody of this individual and deport him,” Homan said Wednesday on “America’s Newsroom.”
Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano was driving drunk at high speed in 2021 when he crashed into a car carrying 19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin. Both teens were killed in the fiery wreck. Ortega-Anguiano was later convicted of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022.
Now, California officials say he will be released early, sparking outrage from the victims’ families and immigration officials.
It is uncertain when Ortega-Anguiano, now 43, first entered the U.S. illegally, but the Daily Mail reports that he was convicted of burglary in 2005 and vehicle theft in 2007, then jailed for battery on spouse with kidnapping in 2014. The Daily Mail adds:
An immigration judge ordered him to be removed from the US after the 2014 conviction, and he was deported on December 2, 2016, after exhausting his appeals.
He tried to re-enter the US on February 2, 2018, near Otay Mesa, California, using fake documents, but was detained and deported again.
At some point since then, he managed to sneak in undetected until his arrest immediately after the crash that killed Varfolomeeva and Osokin.
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin reported Wednesday morning: [emphasis added]
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.
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… pic.twitter.com/XMJbCvC7cT
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 23, 2025
WATCH BELOW as Melugin shares more details on the horrific crash, and interviews the fathers of the young couple who were burned alive in the fiery crash.
“I sat down with the families of the victims for an emotional interview. They are furious about the scheduled early release, and say they will never forgive the illegal alien who killed their kids,” Melugin wrote.
WATCH:
I sat down with the families of the victims for an emotional interview. They are furious about the scheduled early release, and say they will never forgive the illegal alien who killed their kids.
Full story here. pic.twitter.com/KioP38eSOo
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 23, 2025
Responding to the news that Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, a twice-deported illegal alien from Mexico, is about to walk free after serving only 3.5 years of a 10-year sentence, Border Czar Tom Homan vowed, “I’ll make this commitment right now…. I will work with Secretary Noem on this and I guarantee you, if they don’t honor a detainer, we’ll have ICE agents outside that facility to take custody of this individual and deport him.”
“He’s been deported several times, which means he’s a FELON. Reentering the country in the form of deportation is a felony. We will prosecute and we will deport him. I will make that commitment and I’ll work with Secretary Noem to make sure that happens,” he added.
NOW – Tom Homan Just Vowed at ALL COSTS to Deport Illegal Alien Who Killed Two Teens—And Is About to Walk Free in California
He was drunk. He was high. He was flying down the 405 Freeway at 100 mph.
Two innocent teenagers never made it home. They burned alive in the wreckage.… pic.twitter.com/5wyqesxew5
— Overton (@overton_news) April 23, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi reacted, writing, “This is absolutely unconscionable. What about Justice for these teens? What about the rights of their parents @TheJusticeDept will work with ICE to make sure this illegal alien receives full punishment for his crimes.”
This is absolutely unconscionable.
What about Justice for these teens? What about the rights of their parents?@TheJusticeDept will work with ICE to make sure this illegal alien receives full punishment for his crimes. https://t.co/vDvmw4z7M7
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) April 23, 2025
Bilal Essayli, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, also voiced his outrage and announced, “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.”
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
Full @FoxNews article on this story with colleague @cameron_arcand.
After it aired, Tom Homan said he will personally guarantee that ICE will have agents outside of the prison when he’s released, and they will look at prosecuting him federally for re-entryhttps://t.co/Cpb1RA91Im— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 23, 2025
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