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Baby killed in suspected DWI accident

Grieving mother speaks out

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A woman spoke out recently after she lost her unborn child during a car accident, and police said the man who caused it is a repeat drunken driver.

Aileen Smith documented her growing baby bump with pictures, and glowed during each one. But she never thought 27 weeks would be the last time she would snap one.

"We buried Demetri two days before my 26th birthday," she said.
State police dash cam video captured the tragic scene on June 10. It was a car crash that officials said could have been prevented.

Court records show the driver who was arrested, Ramon Hernandez, is a repeat DWI offender.

Investigators said Hernandez admitted he had a few beers when he sped onto Interstate 25 in San Miguel County, and crashed into pregnant Aileen Smith, her husband, Zach.

Doctors did an emergency C-section to try to save her child, but he died.

Aileen shared a heartbreaking picture of the first and only time she held him. It shows her in her hospital bed, looking off-camera at her husband, and crying. She is cradling Demetri, who was wrapped in a blanket and had a bonnet on his head. He was already dead in that picture. She never saw him alive.

"Demetri lived for about a minute, I was told," she said. "Died of a massive head injury and blood on the brain."

Another picture shows her husband, Zach, saying a prayer for Demetri before handing his little body over to the Office of the Medical Investigator.

The Smiths live in Colorado Springs, Colo., and were on their way to San Diego, C

"It's just an incredibly lonely feeling," Smith explained. "You know, you can feel so supported by all your friends and family, and yet just feel so alone inside because that thing you were hoping for is gone."

Aileen Smith's due date was Sept. 5.

Hernandez remains in jail on a $25,000 cash only bond. State police said he is also on an immigration status hold. MVD confirmed that he has four prior DWI convictions.

Hernandez hasn't had a license for more than a decade, and it is currently suspended because of unpaid traffic tickets.

He was originally charged with injury to a pregnant woman, but because Demetri lived briefly outside the womb, Hernandez is now charged with Homicide by Vehicle DWI.

Other charges include great bodily harm by vehicle, driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (4th or subsequent offense), reckless driving, driving while license is suspended or revoked, and driving on roadways laned for traffic.

Read more: Baby killed in suspected DWI accident | New Mexico News - KOAT Home

I think we should do what the Native Americans did-they took white kids to make up for their dead family members killed in battle with the whites. This illegal should have his child taken away and given to the couple that lost their child. All in favor say "Aye"....

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September 27, 2012
Judicial Watch

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is going out of its way to protect the privacy of an illegal immigrant who had multiple drunken driving convictions when—under the influence once again—he slammed into a couple’s sports utility vehicle, killing their baby.

Judicial Watch is investigating the horrific event, which took place in New Mexico over the summer, and has requested public records from the DHS agency in charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). JW has confirmed that the illegal immigrant from Honduras, Ramon Hernandez, is in a San Miguel County jail and has been criminally charged.

Hernandez had previously been convicted of driving drunk at least three times, according to local news reports. Yet he remained in the country illegally and in June slammed into the vehicle of a woman, who was seven-months pregnant, and her husband. The injured woman went into labor at the accident scene and doctors later performed an emergency Caesarean section. The baby boy died about a minute later.

To protect the illegal alien’s privacy, ICE refuses to release any public records involving the case. Earlier this month JW submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to Hernandez as part of an ongoing probe. Judicial Watch is simply seeking transparency in this matter and will take legal action if necessary.

In refusing to release any information, here is how ICE responded to JW’s request: “Lacking his/her/their explicit consent, an official acknowledgement of an investigation of him/her/them, or an overriding public interest, even to acknowledge the existence of such records pertaining to these individuals could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of his/her/their privacy.” In short, ICE will neither confirm nor deny that the Hernandez case even exists, apparently to guard his privacy. Judicial Watch is appealing.

We know for certain that records exist because the warden of the San Miguel Detention Center where Hernandez is being held confirmed to JW this week that ICE has issued a detainer for him. That means the agency notified local authorities that it intends to assume custody of Hernandez. The big question is why didn’t ICE take action in the Hernandez case three DUI’s ago? Why did he have to commit such an atrocious crime to get the feds’ attention?

A local paper in New Mexico, where the crime occurred, asks “how can someone who’s apparently in the country illegally manage to stay in the US with at least three drunken driving convictions on his record?” How, the piece goes on to ask, did Hernandez manage to avoid deportation? The feds aren’t talking and have blown off numerous requests from the media and JW for comment.

Judicial Watch will ardently pursue transparency just as it did in a similar case involving an illegal alien who murdered a Benedictine nun and critically injured two others in Virginia. The illegal immigrant, Carlos Martinelly-Montano, had an extensive criminal history when, under the influence, he slammed into the nun’s vehicle. On the night he killed the nun, he had a revoked license and was awaiting a deportation ruling.

Judicial Watched sued DHS for records related to the agency’s investigation of the case. A federal court ordered the files released and JW made them public last spring. The DHS report essentially details policies and actions of the Obama Administration and local governments that allowed Montano to remain on the streets despite being subject to deportation.

JW Probe: DHS Protects Privacy of Drunk Illegal Alien Who Killed Baby | Judicial Watch

The illegal alien killed an unborn baby.

Move this article to the new Americans Killed by Illegals section.