Illegal Alien Held on $5 Million Bail After Being Charged With Killing Couple in Drunk-Driving Wreck

A North Carolina judge ordered an illegal immigrant from Mexico to be held on a $5 million bond after he was charged with two counts of death by vehicle, local media reported.

37-year-old Juan Alvarado Aguilar allegedly went across a double-yellow line and struck the vehicle carrying 20-year-old Fletcher Harris and 19-year-old Skylar Provenza on Jan. 16 in Rowan County, according to WCNC, a Charlotte-based TV station. Harris and Provenza were pronounced dead at the scene, while North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers said the smell of Aguilar’s breath reeked of alcohol, the outlet reported.

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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a detainer for Aguilar after local authorities found a Mexican passport on the scene, Greenville-based TV station WNCT reported.

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