ICE Arrests Mexican Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Fatal DUI After Illinois Parole Release Ignored Detainer
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on November 13 that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested Vicente Torres-Vasquez, a Mexican man who killed a man in a drunk-driving crash in Wauconda, Illinois, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. According to DHS, when he was released on parole on November 2, the state correctional center holding him did not honor ICE's detainer and released him without notifying ICE.
DHS said that on July 24, 2011, Torres-Vasquez, driving under the influence in Wauconda, struck a motorcycle ridden by Gregory Errol Homola, 55, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, who was killed. Two women in another vehicle were also injured.
Torres-Vasquez was convicted in 2012 of one count of aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death and two counts of aggravated driving under the influence resulting in great bodily injury, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. DHS said he had previously been arrested four times for driving under the influence and convicted on three of those counts.
ICE first lodged a detainer with the Illinois River Correctional Center in Canton on January 16, 2017. On March 3, 2026, Torres-Vasquez was transferred to the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill in anticipation of his parole release, and ICE lodged another detainer. DHS said Stateville refused to honor the detainer and released him on parole on November 2 without notifying ICE.
On November 11, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Chicago arrested Torres-Vasquez at large. He remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
DHS said Torres-Vasquez illegally entered the United States through Arizona twice in March 2004 and was granted voluntary departure both times, then entered a third time at an unknown date and location. An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal on November 11, 2010.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in the statement that state officials refused to cooperate after ICE lodged its detainer and released the man without notice, that ICE officers arrested him anyway, and that he will now be removed from the country.
(Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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