ICE Nabs Twice-Deported Man After Fatal Hit-and-Run

A twice-deported illegal alien who killed a 61-year-old North Carolina man in a drunk-driving hit-and-run is now back in federal custody, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.

Werner Orosco-Clemente, 30, who also used the name Wilmer Fuentes Mejia, is a Guatemalan national with a record of DUIs and assault, according to the DHS.

Authorities say Mejia was driving drunk on Sept. 13 when he struck and killed Richard Ferguson Jr. in Durham, North Carolina, before fleeing the scene.

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