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Man charged in fatal Omaha crash now on most wanted list

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March 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A man who fled from authorities after being charged in a fatal Omaha crash is now on the federal immigration agency’s most wanted list.  Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse (Sass) announced Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has added 19-year-old Eswin Mejia, a Honduras national, to its list of wanted suspects. The agency’s listing says Mejia came to the country illegally in 2013.

Authorities haven’t seen Mejia since he posted bail and was released from jail in February.  Federal officials previously declined requests made by Omaha police to detain Mejia. Mejia was charged with felony motor vehicle homicide and drunken driving after a pickup he was driving crashed into an SUV driven by 21-year-old Sarah Root, of Council Bluffs, who was killed.