THE MAN CHARGED IN THE 2016 STREET RACING CRASH THAT KILLED SARAH ROOT IN OMAHA HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN NEBRASKA COURT TO OVER 20 YEARS IN PRISON.
ESWIN MEJIA WAS CHARGED IN ROOT’S DEATH.
AFTER POSTING BOND, MEJIA DISAPPEARED AND WAS ON THE RUN FROM AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR NEARLY A DECADE, HAVING FLED THE UNITED STATES AND RETURNED TO HONDURAS.
GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING
“THIS IS JUSTICE FOR THE ROOT FAMILY.
SARAH ROOT’S LIFE TRAGICALLY ENDED WAY TOO EARLY AND OUR HEARTS CONTINUE TO BREAK FOR HER LOVED ONES, BUT TODAY, WE NOW KNOW THAT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO KILLED SARAH WHILE HE WAS STREET RACING AND DRUNK, WHO THEN EVADED JUSTICE FOR NEARLY A DECADE WAS SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN A COLD PRISON CELL.
PILLEN WENT ON TO SAY “THIS TRAGEDY ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF NOT FOR FAILED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICIES OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED SARAH’S LAW IN ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIONS OF HIS SECOND TERM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.”
File photo of Mejia returned to Nebraska
