An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson recently confirmed that the suspect charged for a fatal head-on collision in Minneapolis last year has been identified as an illegal immigrant. The illegal immigrant has since been released despite federal officials placing a detainer on him.
According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 35-year-old German Adriano Llangari Inga was charged on Friday for his involvement in two crashes on August 3, 2024, which led to the death of 31-year-old Victoria Eileen Harwell. In addition to the 31-year-old’s death, the crash also resulted in Harwell’s sister and 14-year-old daughter sustaining injuries. The outlet noted that Llangari Inga has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that police officials said Llangari Inga rear-ended a car before fleeing the scene, crossing a double yellow line, and crashing into another car head-on.
According to court documents obtained by Alpha News, police officers detected a “strong odor of alcohol” in Llangari Inga’s breath and observed that his eyes were “glazed over and watery” at the time of the fatal collision. The suspect also “did not have a valid driver’s license or insurance,” according to court documents.
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson told Alpha News that the 35-year-old suspect is from Ecuador and was illegally living in the United States. The spokesperson explained that while Llangari Inga was arrested after the fatal collision, he was released from jail days later despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials placing a detainer on the illegal immigrant.
“The Hennepin County Jail did not honor the detainer and released Llangari without notification to ICE Aug. 6, 2024, and he remains at large,” an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson told Alpha News. “Llangari initially entered the United States in June 2016, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, issued an order of expedited removal and placed into removal proceedings.”
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, which operates the jail Inga was released from, told Alpha News that the sheriff’s office cannot legally hold people in custody “based solely on an administrative detainer issued by the Department of Homeland Security or Immigration and Customs Enforcement” due to guidance issued by Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office.
A picture of Llangari Inga and a video of the remains from the August car crash have been shared on X, formerly Twitter.
