AZMEX I3 15-5-14

AZMEX I3 15 MAY 2014

Note: The drunk driver who killed Mesa PD officer Mendoza had a BAC of 0.238 and from usually reliable source, was "undocumented".


Wrong-way driver in fatal crash was drunk
azfamily.com
Posted on May 15, 2014 at 6:15 PM
Updated today at 6:32 PM

http://www.azfamily.com/news/Wrong-way-driver-in-fatal-crash-was-drunk-259468691.html

PHOENIX (AP) -- A wrong-way driver who crashed into an off-duty Arizona police officer, killing him, had a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit for intoxication and a prior criminal conviction.

Officer Carrick Cook of the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Thursday that 42-year-old Raul Silva Corona's blood-alcohol content was 0.238 percent. A driver is presumed to be intoxicated in Arizona at 0.08 percent.

Corona collided with Mesa Police Officer Brandon Mendoza's vehicle after driving 35 miles in the wrong direction on three freeways early Monday morning. Corona also died in the collision.

Court records show Corona pleaded guilty to a 1994 criminal conspiracy charge in Adams County, Colorado.
Details about the crime and Corona's sentence weren't available.

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ICE says it won't deport man living in Tucson church
Video report by Rebecca Taylor, KVOA
Posted on May 15, 2014 at 3:22 PM
Updated today at 4:25 PM

http://www.azfamily.com/home/ICE-says-it-wont-deport-man-living-in-church-259449811.html

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A Mexican man who violated an order to leave the United States by taking sanctuary in a Tucson church will remain there despite immigration officials' announcement that they won't try to deport him.
Daniel Neyoy Ruiz was supposed to leave the country by the end of Tuesday after being caught by immigration authorities following a traffic stop in Tucson.

Neyoy Ruiz refused to leave and instead took sanctuary at Southside Presbyterian Church on Tuesday afternoon. On Thursday, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said they would not seek to immediately deport Neyoy Ruiz.

"After conducting a thorough review of Mr. Ruiz's immigration case, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has decided to exercise prosecutorial discretion by not taking immediate action on Mr. Ruiz's removal order," spokeswoman Amber Cargile wrote in a statement.

But that doesn't sufficiently keep Neyoy Ruiz safe from deportation, a representative of his said.
The 36-year-old maintenance supervisor at a Tucson apartment complex will continue to live in the church with his wife and American-born son. "The long and short of it is that while it's certainly very comforting to know that the ICE removal operations don't plan on raiding the church and taking Daniel away, this move, while it's a small step, it's just that -- a small step," said Sarah Lanius an immigration rights activist working with Neyoy Ruiz.

Neyoy Ruiz still faces too many risks in Tucson because it falls under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Border Patrol, Lanius said.
The announcement by ICE also only means that the agency won't actively seek him out, not that the order for him to be deported is canceled.

Neyoy Ruiz said he does not want to separate from his family, especially his 13-year-old son, who is an American citizen. He does not have a prior criminal record and contributes to his community and church, Neyoy Ruiz said.

Neyoy Ruiz entered the United States illegally in 2000. In 2011, an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer turned Neyoy Ruiz over to immigration officials after pulling him over because his exhaust pipe released too much smoke, his attorney said.
He lost a series of immigration court cases and was ordered to leave the country.

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