FNC’s Melugin: Calif. Frees Twice Deported Illegal Alien Convicted in 2 DUI Deaths Just 3.5 Years into a 10-Year Sentence

PERINO: “And now to Bill Melugin. He has a Fox News exclusive on the tragic consequences of an unsecured border. Hi, Bill. We’ve been waiting to talk to you all morning.”
MELUGIN: “Yeah, Dana, good morning to you. This illegal alien had a lengthy rap sheet here in California long before he ever killed these two California teenagers. He’s got several felony convictions on his record, several convictions for driving without a license, but he was still out and about on California’s roads. And this young American couple ended up paying the price for that. And now their killer is getting an early release.”
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MELUGIN (voice-over): “It was November 2021, a fiery collision on an Orange County freeway, a young couple dead and the driver who crashed into them, a twice-deported illegal alien from Mexico with multiple felonies in custody for being drunk, high, and speeding at nearly 100 miles per hour.”
OSOKIN: “I get a knock on the door and there’s two police officers.”
MELUGIN: “The pain written all over the face of Pavel Osokin, as he recalls being told his son Nikolay and his 19-year-old girlfriend Anya Varfolomeeva, friends since they were kids, were gone.”
OSOKIN: “They told me there was a horrible incident. My son and his girlfriend Anya basically were burned alive in their car.”
VARFOLOMEEV: “She was my daughter.”
MELUGIN: “Anya’s father, Anatoly, got a similar knock on the door that night.”
VARFOLOMEEV: “He said, Anya’s name? I said, ‘Yes, it’s my daughter.’ My wife came downstairs and she was screaming and crying. She said, ‘No, no, no, no.’”
MELUGIN: “In spring of 2022, a jury convicted Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano on two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. A judge sentenced him to 10 years. But on Easter Sunday, the family say they received this notice from the California Department of Corrections that on July 19th, he’ll be getting out.”
OSOKIN: “Two years for killing two kids. It’s confusing to me. Why you give him 10 if he’s going to spend 5 and then 3?”
VARFOLOMEEV: “You have two young, productive American citizens killed for nothing. And that Illegal immigrant who already has been deported twice is going to be released again?”
MELUGIN: “In a statement, the Department of Corrections wouldn’t confirm the release, but said in part, quote, ‘Incarcerated persons may earn credits for participating in rehabilitative programming, which may move their parole dates to an earlier date.’ Anya and Nikolay’s families are now sending letters to the state, calling for Ortega-Anguiano to serve his full sentence.”
VARFOLOMEEV: “All those dreams were cut short just by one person who was not even supposed to be on that freeway. I will never forgive this guy. Never, ever.”
OSOKIN: “I hope he’s going to stay in prison. I hope he’s going to get old in prison. And I hope he’s going to get kicked out from our country in the end.”
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MELUGIN (on camera): “And Dana, ICE confirms to Fox News they have placed a detainer on this illegal alien with the California Department of Corrections. Their hope is that the state will transfer him to their custody upon his release from prison in July. As for the victim’s families, they are now left wondering, what are two lives worth here in the state of California? They say, apparently, only a little more than 3 years. We’ll send it back to you.”
PERINO: “Bill Melugin, thank you.”