Thread: Suspect in triple fatal wreck| Guillermo & Dagoberto Jimenez, Santiago Pascual Tellez

Suspect in triple fatal wreck under immigration detainer


Posted: Today at 9:16 a.m.
Updated: 39 minutes ago


Francisco Martinez

Raleigh, N.C. — A man accused of drunken-driving in oncoming traffic and causing a triple fatal wreck Sunday was placed under an immigration detainer at the time of his arrest, the Wake County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

Francisco Martinez was traveling westbound in an eastbound lane on the inner loop of Interstate 440 Sunday when he collided with a car and killed three people, Raleigh police said.

Martinez, who was in jail Wednesday under a $126,000 bond, is charged with one count of driving while impaired, three counts of felony death by motor vehicle, two counts of felony serious injury by motor vehicle, one count of driving the wrong direction and one count of driving without a license.

Martinez is scheduled to make his first court appearance today in a Wake County courtroom.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed the detainer on Martinez following his release Tuesday from WakeMed, where he was recovering from his injuries. He was officially charged and arrested at that time.

The detainer means Martinez would be placed in federal custody if he posts bail, under suspicion of being in the country illegally. Once the case goes through the legal system and any sentence is served, deportation proceedings would begin against him.

Guillermo Zintzun Jimenez, 26, Dagoberto Zintzun Jimenez, 21, and Santiago Pascual Tellez, 14, were killed when Martinez's van collided head-on with a Lexus near the on-ramp from Capital Boulevard. Two other passengers in the car were injured but survived.

Dagoberto Jimenez and Tellez were not wearing seat belts, police said.

The victims' family members said the men were returning from a party when the wreck occurred.

Tellez, a student at East Wake Middle School, was supposed to return home earlier with his brother but wasn't ready to leave the party when his brother did, relatives said.

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