Overview

• Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, a twice-deported immigrant, is set for parole in July 2025 after serving 3.5 years of a 10-year sentence for gross vehicular manslaughter.
• California Governor Gavin Newsom announced cooperation with ICE to transfer Ortega-Anguiano into federal custody upon release, despite the state's sanctuary policies.
• U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has filed a federal charge against Ortega-Anguiano for illegal reentry, which carries a potential 20-year sentence if convicted.
• Victims' families expressed anger and betrayal over the offender's early release, criticizing California's sentencing policies that classify gross vehicular manslaughter as nonviolent.
• Ortega-Anguiano, who has a history of deportations and prior convictions, was intoxicated and speeding when he caused the 2021 crash that killed 19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin.