Driver in deadly semi-truck crash on US 285 deported back to Mexico, federal immigration officials say
DENVER — An undocumented semi-truck driver jailed for causing a deadly crash on US 285 last year has been deported back to Mexico, according to federal immigration officials.Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza, who was sentenced to jail after causing a crash that killed 64-year-old Scott Miller just outside Conifer in June of last year, had only served about eighth months of his year-long sentence before he was released and immediately detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.Denver7 Investigates was the first to report that Cruz-Mendoza was in the U.S. illegally at the time of the crash and had been ordered to be removed to Mexico several times, according to ICE.Prior to Thursday’s deportation, Cruz-Mendoza had been removed from the U.S. 12 times and voluntarily returned to Mexico four times since 2002, according to the federal agency.“ICE Denver officers removed Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza a criminal alien to Mexico, April 16,” reads a statement from the Denver ICE office posted on X, formerly Twitter. “Cruz has past convictions for DUI, poss./drugs, careless driving resulting death & careless driving resulting in injury. He has been removed or voluntarily returned to Mexico at least 16 times.”Cruz-Mendoza was driving for California-based Monique Trucking. After an investigation into the company, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered the company cease all interstate and intrastate operations on July 2.
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