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WEBVTT Y.CHINH: PROSECUTORS SAY NEMIASGARCIA-VELASCO VOLUNTARILYRETURNED TO MEXICO FIVE TIMES IN2005, AND THEN WAS DEPORTED IN2009 AND 2011.NOW WITH THE $2 MILLION BAIL ANDAN IMMIGRATION HOLD, HE'S NOTGOING ANYWHERE.32-YEAR-OLD NEMIASGARCIA-VELASCO LIMPING IN COURTAS PROSECUTORS ALLEGE HE WASABOUT THREE TIMES OVER THE LEGALDRINKING LIMIT, CAUSING THISFIERY FATAL CRASH LAST WEEK.>> THE VEHICLE CROSSED THREELANES OF TRAVEL, STRUCK A GUARDRAIL, A BRIDGE ABUTMENT,EVENTUALLY ROLLED AND BURST INTOFLAMES.CHINH: PROSECUTORS SAYGARCIA-VELASCO ADMITTED TODRINKING 12 BEERS THE NIGHTBEFORE AND DAY OF THE CRASH.58-YEAR-OLD SILVANO TORRES DIEDIN THE CRASH.ANOTHER PASSENGER, 16-YEAR-OLDJESUS GONZALEZ, WAS HURT.>> IT WAS VERY RECKLESS.CHINH: PROSECUTORS ALSO SAYGARCIA-VELASCO HAS VOLUNTARILYRETURNED TO MEXICO FIVE TIMES IN2005, THEN RETURNED TO THEUNITED STATES, DEPORTED IN 2009AFTER A FALSE CITIZENSHIPCONVICTION AND THEN DEPORTEDAGAIN IN 2011.PROSECUTORS TELLING THE JUDGEIT'S THESE REPEATED IMMIGRATIONOFFENSES THAT WARRANT A HIGHBOND.>> WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PASTWHERE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO REACHTHEIR BOND, THEY CAN ABSCOND,AND THAT BECOMES ANOTHERPROBLEM.CHINH: AND THE JUDGE AGREED,SETTING BAIL AT $2 MILLION.>> THE PROBLEM IS HE IS NOT HERELEGALLY TO BEGIN WITH, AND HEHAS CONTINUED TO COME BACK HEREILLEGALLY.CHINH: CHIEF DEPUTY DOUGLASCOUNTY ATTORNEY BRENDA BEADLESAYS HER OFFICE IS PLEASED WITHTHE BOND AND THAT OFFICIALS ARETAKING NOTICE OF IMMIGRATIONSTATUSES WHEN THERE'S A HISTORY.>> I.C.E. HAS WORKED MORECLOSELY IN PREPARING AND GIVINGUS INFORMATION THAT WE'RE ABLETO GIVE TO THE JUDGE.CHINH: PROSECUTORS SAY THESUSPECT AND VICTIMS WORKEDTOGETHER, BUT DIDN'T KNOW EACHOTHER WELL.SILVANO TORRES' FAMILY TELLS MEHE LEAVES BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN,AND NOW THEY NEED HELP RETURNINGHIS BODY TO MEXICO FOR A PROPERBURIAL.REPORTING LIVE, CHINH DOAN, KETV

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Nemias Garcia-Velasco, the man arrested following a fiery, fatal crash on Interstate 80 in Omaha, has been deported from the United States twice, and was driving around 100 mph with a blood alcohol content of .243% according to Douglas County prosecutors.Prosecutors said a check with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Garcia-Velasco was deported in 2009 after a false citizenship conviction and 2011, and voluntarily returned to Mexico five times in 2005. Officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's released the following statement:On July 7, 2017, officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) placed an immigration detainer with Douglas County (Nebraska) Department of Corrections on Nemias Garcia Velazco, 32, from Mexico, following his arrest on criminal charges. Garcia Velazco was granted “voluntary return” to Mexico five times in 2005. A federal immigration judge issued a final order of removal to Garcia Velazco on Aug. 24, 2009; he was deported the same day. He later illegally re-entered the United States and was encountered by immigration authorities on Oct. 10, 2011; he was deported a second time on Oct. 19, 2011. Garcia Velazco has been convicted of at least three misdemeanors between April 2006 and October 2011.Garcia-Velasco appeared before a judge Thursday, noticeably limping, and scarred from burns he received in the crash on July 5th near the I-80/680 interchange.Judge John Huber set Garcia-Velasco's bail at $2 million on charges including felony motor vehicle homicide, DUI and operating without a driver's license.Brenda Beadle, chief deputy Douglas County attorney said her office is pleased with the amount the judge set. "We've had issues in the past where if they are able to reach their bond they can abscond and that becomes another problem," said Beadle.Prosecutors said the van Garcia-Velasco was driving struck a guard rail on the curve before smashing into a bridge post. The van burst into flames, killing 58-year-old Silvano Torres, who riding in the back without any restraints.Torres' nephew told KETV NewsWatch 7 he leaves behind four children and has lived in Omaha at least 10 years. Family members said they now need help returning his body to Mexico for a proper burial.Another passenger in the van, Jesus I Gonzalez, 16, was treated for minor injuries after running out of the crashed van, prosecutors said. According to prosecutors, all three involved in the crash worked together but didn't know each other well.The immigration statuses of Torres and Gonzalez are not known.Prosecutors said Garcia-Velasco admitted to police he had at least ten beers prior to the crash and had been drinking since the July 4th holiday. Garcia-Velasco's public defender said the man has no history of drunk driving and asked for a lower bond so he could get medical treatment for his burns. The public defender also said he has been employed in Douglas County for 14 years. Prosecutors said a check with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Garcia-Velasco was deported in 2009 and 2011, and voluntarily returned to Mexico five times in 2005.